I recently have spent about 5 months working at Forever 21 retail clothing store. Let me tell you, working in retail is hard, but it's SO WORTH it. I really enjoyed my job, and through it, I found some of the best items for a mission... Not kidding! Now, don't get me wrong. Not all my clothes for my mission are from Forever 21, but I did find some great finds, and depending on a located Forever 21 near you, you might possibly find the same things! I wanted to make this blog post to prove that you don't need to spend expensive amounts of money on clothes, you can find great things in the clearance/sale racks just about anywhere! Today's post is gonna help you ladies find good places to find exactly what you're looking for. Let me give a quick disclaimer that I know that some things may not be completely appropriate to wear on a mission; I specifically made this post to show what good finds I've found for great prices, and to show examples of what we all should be wearing on our missions, despite the climate change with all the places we are serving, and of course to give you women ideas of what we should be wearing, and where and how to find them. I hope this is helpful to some of you! Let's get into it!
My first and foremost tip for outfits: Props to my amazing sister for teaching me this! Every outfit is complete when you have a COLOR, texture, pattern, and shine.
Another thing to keep in mind is that you should have simple pieces for outfits, but also texture and pattern. This is where your closet comes in. Plan on taking simple colored tops AND bottoms. You can multiply those all over the place, but dont forget your patterns! Don't be afraid to take some different patterns you love.
This skirt is by far my favorite! It has a thin lining of cotton under the outer layer to act like a slip, but of course I'm gonna wear my slip anyway. The second picture shows just how long it is. It goes to my CALVES! I've never found a more awesome skirt than this one that actually doesn't go above or is at my knee. I personally prefer my skirts below my knee, as the church standards as for the length for bottoms to be at the knee, I still prefer them to be below my knee. I bought this dress right before I moved home from CA (where I worked at Forever 21) 30% Sale: 17.50ish Original: 24.80
This is totally an example of a skirt you could multiply outfits with. I mean, look at all those colors! With this kind of skirt, I recommend a simple colored top. Whether it's pink, green, blue, or white; solid colored tops will go best with these kinds of skirts. Don't let your outfits clash!
This next skirt is another of my favorites. This is one I also purchased at Forever 21 for 17.90 Original price. This is a long black circle skirt. This is one of my key skirts in my closet. You can really put anything with this, and even wear your top tucked into it.
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| Can't get over how much I love this skirt |
This skirt is also one of my favorites. I'm not quite sure yet if I'll take it because It's so bright, but its so awesome. The material is light, and it has two slits on the side. But as you can see in the photo, the cut doesn't touch my knee. Any cuts or slits in the dress can't extend above the knee. Yeah, I love this skirt. Again, paired with a simple top would be best.
My Mom bought this for me a few years ago at a tie dye boutique that our family loves. It was actually a DRESS believe it or not. There were straps, but let me tell you, my body changed pretty quickly after I got it.. if you know what I mean, ladies. ;) The string tie was originally at about my bust line, and the straps were cute and ruffly. I grew pretty quickly though.. So my Mom and I just simply cut the upper part off, the the bust line, up which would make it a long skirt instead of a short dress on me.
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| Boutique Price: around 30$ |
These next few dresses are all from down east, and I believe that at least the bottom two are discontinued, but I haven't checked with the top one. these are all great lengths, and to me it's how I know it's from Down East Basics; the soft material, style, and the length on my legs, a good few inches below my knees.
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| Roughly originally 25$ |
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| Around 35$ |
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| About 40$ |
Now this next dress is another from Forever 21's sale section. It was 12 DOLLARS YOU GUYS... originally around 35.. Such a steal! It definitely needs to be hemmed since I'm average/short height.
This dress was made by my sister! Thanks sis for passing it on to me! She found the Material at the fabric store, (The aligned stitching was already done) and added this awesome tying cardigan. The Cardigan is from quite a few years ago, but these would be awesome with dresses like this or the other ones I've shown, especially if they need a bit of accommodation. The simple accommodation my sister did was add the jacket but also add simple straps to it (sewn from the inside of the material) to keep it up.This is probably my most favorite dress because it goes to my knees, it's modest (OF COURSE) and it's basically my style. Colorful, but simple.
This last dress I received as a gift, but I saw this at WALMART and fell in love with it.. and then my Mom bought it for me for my birthday! I can't name the brand at the moment, but the brand I believe is only found in Walmart. Their line of clothing is super cute and most of it is modest clothing.
I hope you ladies and sisters found something from my post, and if you ladies have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them down below! I'd love to hear some feedback from you wonderful sisters :)
Until next time,
Soon to be,
Hermana Marble
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