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Easter Dresses Biography
With spring in the air and Easter right around the corner, we can’t wait to start wearing dresses! There’s something about the change in seasons and that bunny-inspired holiday that pushes toward more feminine looks and we’re ready to embrace our girly side. Take a look at some of our picks for stylish Easter dresses for spring -- and beyond.
Printed sheath dress
Leave it to Alice + Olivia to create a spring dress we can’t wait to wear. Ideal for anything from the office to an Easter dinner with the family, this stylishly structured dress is as adorable as it is versatile (aliceandolivia.com, $396). The belted dress is covered in a smattering of brightly colored blooms and flatters most figures. Pair with nude platform pumps or wedge espadrilles for effortless spring style. Consider this frock bunny-approved!
The Easter Bunny is a jaunty symbol of the annual Christian holiday of Easter. (Easter marks the day that Jesus of Nazareth is believed to have risen from the grave after his crucifixion.) According to tradition, the Easter Bunny makes his visit every year, scattering brightly-colored eggs as he goes. The origins of the Easter Bunny aren't clear; the first recorded references to him (as "Oschter Haws") are generally agreed to have come from Germany in the 1500s. In ancient times the rabbit was a symbol of fertility, equated with springtime and renewal of life, and the hare was also associated with the moon, whose cycles determine the precise date of Easter each year. Over time these traditions presumably merged with the annual celebration of Easter itself, and now the Easter Bunny is associated with Easter in much the same way that Santa Claus is the secular symbol of Christmas.
After a long winter full of gray, sunless days, we couldn’t resist this cheerful, striped BB Dakota dress featuring a mix of eye-catching colors (swell.com, $60). The scoop neckline and tank style straps give the striped dress a youthful vibe and sense of fun. We particularly like the flattering fitted bodice and full lining, which gives the piece some body. Not to mention the fab colors remind us of a fully-stocked Easter basket.
The 1920s are the decade of choice when it comes to spring style. The runways -- from Gucci to Marchesa to Calvin Klein -- were packed with Art Deco and Jazz Age-inspired looks and the dropwaist dress is no exception. We’re partial to this stylish find featuring a rich floral print, three-quarter sleeves and a keyhole nape (anthropologie.com, $128).
There’s something inherently ladylike (and therefore spring-like) about lace. We love the delicate nature it adds to anything from bags to skirts to T-shirts and how it can take something simple and give it an air of sophistication. Take this school girl-inspired lace dress, with a high neck and pleated skirt as a stylish example, ideal for any Easter event you need to attend (juicycouture.com, $278).
Colorblock is here to stay. It’s been perched in the style spotlight for a few seasons and shows no signs of retreating come spring. Have fun with the trend by donning this bright colorblock midi dress in bold, oceanic hues (bloomingdales.com, $88). The scoop neck style is sleeveless and perfect for a warm, late spring night.
Maya recalls an Easter Sunday at the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in Arkansas. Her mother makes her a special Easter dress from lavender taffeta, and Maya thinks the dress will make her look like the blond-haired blue-eyed movie star that she wishes, deep down, to be. But, the dress turns out to be drab and ugly, as Maya laments that she is black, and unattractive as well. She leaves her church pew to go to the bathroom, and doesn't make it; she runs from the church, ashamed, but glad to be out of church and away from the children who torment her, and make her childhood even harder than it already is.....
One of the main themes of this chapter is race and appearance; Maya already establishes that she wanted to be a movie-star looking white girl as a child, and tried to deny her real appearance. Connected with the idea of race is beauty, as Maya describes images of blond hair and blue eyes as the paragon of beauty, and says her appearance is merely a "black ugly dream" that she will wake out of.
These excerpts are right from the GradeSaver site. Please chekk out the link below.
Almost every holiday has its fashion component, but few have as rich a legacy for finery as Easter. The day remains one of the last gasps of old-school style. It gives milliners a reason to stock up on horsehair and ostrich feathers. It has hairstylists recalling the best method for setting Shirley Temple curls. And it makes parents who normally are gender-neutral on matters of child-rearing suddenly revert to stereotypes -- putting daughters in frilly dresses and boys in pint-size navy blazers and clip-on ties.
The history of the Easter ensemble derives from the philosophy of wearing one's Sunday best to the glory of God. On Easter, style expectations are ratcheted up several degrees in recognition of the day's outsize religious significance. There's an element of spring fever, too, in the way that the Easter wardrobe serves as a harbinger of daffodils and tulips -- no matter if there is often a bone-piercing chill in the air and, occasionally, snow on the ground.
Easter Sunday tends to bring prodigal congregants back into the fold, their spiritual devotion no less admirable than their desire to be part of the fashion fellowship. For regular churchgoers, there's a temptation to chortle at the scene of wayward parents with their dolled-up girls and duded-up boys walking into service after having been absent the rest of the year. But fine Christian folks, even if they can't resist at least one sidelong glance, eventually come around and give their long-lost brothers and sisters a welcoming hug along with an invitation to come back the following Sunday. Fancy hat not required.
There was no mandate that people had to wear new clothes on Easter Sunday, but that was certainly part of the tradition. The custom dovetailed nicely with the idea of Easter as a symbol of rebirth. And once upon a time, even if a woman couldn't afford an entire new ensemble, she would at least get herself a new hat or even just a bit of grosgrain ribbon to put a fresh fillip on an old favorite.
Easter Sunday still reflects an old-fashioned approach to clothes -- one defined by civility, formality and propriety. But only barely. One wonders just how much longer it will survive. Many a milliner is kept afloat by the loyalty of church ladies -- those women who believe that a head covering on Sunday morning, and particularly on Easter, is a sign of respect and reverence. And, of course, it doesn't hurt if that hat also happens to be just a wee bit fabulous. (See: Aretha Franklin on Inauguration Day.)
But church ladies, the kind who can carry off a hat with aplomb, are a dying breed. Most women have never worn anything more formal on their head than ski caps and baseball caps. Even first ladies have given up on millinery for Inauguration Day, realizing that it's virtually impossible to look both dignified and comfortable in pillboxes or picture hats when one's head is accustomed to being naked.
Churches themselves have also become more informal places in an effort to knock down barriers and exude a more welcoming atmosphere to those who might be intimidated by row upon row of folks in expensive frippery. Predominately black churches were once a treasure trove of hat-wearing ladies and men in suits and spit-shined shoes. And while there remain die-hards who believe they are not fully dressed for worship service until they have adjusted the hatpin in their cloche, younger women are not stepping up to carry on the long tradition of wearing a hat as though it is their crown. Today, women come up with gimmicky occasions -- elaborate teas, for instance -- to which they self-consciously wear a hat. Why bother? And young men are more inclined to take better care of their sneakers than polish a pair of dress oxfords.
Today's mega-churches are filled with members dressed in jeans and flip-flops. The idea of glorifying one's maker through bows and lace has given way to casual Sunday. Indeed, some churches even advertise the fact that Easter service is an informal one. And the days when New York's famous Easter parade down Fifth Avenue was a massive procession of serious ensembles are long gone, having given way to a modest carnival of botanical hats, rabbit ears and other outrageous folly.
That's all in good fun. But it's also too bad. Easter Sunday is the last tenuous link to the days when a wide swath of the culture believed fashion could be used -- without a hint of sarcasm or irony -- as a marker of moral rectitude, a symbol of earnest faith, a show of respect. On Easter Sunday, folks got dressed up because they wanted to celebrate life and generosity of spirit. When is the last time anyone ever equated those characteristics with the fashion industry? It's almost impossible to conceive that fashion once played an integral part in helping people express the joy and redemption that they felt deep within their souls.
Retailers didn't turn Easter Sunday into a rapacious consumer frenzy. Stores don't advocate Easter wardrobe makeovers or top 10 lists of must-have Easter trends. Instead, over the years, the focus remained on the singular ensemble. The new dress, the glorious hat, a first big-boy suit. For all the commercialism that surrounds everything from Presidents' Day to Christmas, Easter remained, by comparison, relatively low-key.
So it's not with any great debt-riddled relief or sense of righteous greed-is-bad justice that one watches the Easter ensemble, and all the sweet glee it evoked, slowly fade away. It's with a touch of sadness. Because on at least that one day out of 365, fashion symbolized something good, mighty and redemptive.
Easter Dresses Biography
With spring in the air and Easter right around the corner, we can’t wait to start wearing dresses! There’s something about the change in seasons and that bunny-inspired holiday that pushes toward more feminine looks and we’re ready to embrace our girly side. Take a look at some of our picks for stylish Easter dresses for spring -- and beyond.
Printed sheath dress
Leave it to Alice + Olivia to create a spring dress we can’t wait to wear. Ideal for anything from the office to an Easter dinner with the family, this stylishly structured dress is as adorable as it is versatile (aliceandolivia.com, $396). The belted dress is covered in a smattering of brightly colored blooms and flatters most figures. Pair with nude platform pumps or wedge espadrilles for effortless spring style. Consider this frock bunny-approved!
The Easter Bunny is a jaunty symbol of the annual Christian holiday of Easter. (Easter marks the day that Jesus of Nazareth is believed to have risen from the grave after his crucifixion.) According to tradition, the Easter Bunny makes his visit every year, scattering brightly-colored eggs as he goes. The origins of the Easter Bunny aren't clear; the first recorded references to him (as "Oschter Haws") are generally agreed to have come from Germany in the 1500s. In ancient times the rabbit was a symbol of fertility, equated with springtime and renewal of life, and the hare was also associated with the moon, whose cycles determine the precise date of Easter each year. Over time these traditions presumably merged with the annual celebration of Easter itself, and now the Easter Bunny is associated with Easter in much the same way that Santa Claus is the secular symbol of Christmas.
After a long winter full of gray, sunless days, we couldn’t resist this cheerful, striped BB Dakota dress featuring a mix of eye-catching colors (swell.com, $60). The scoop neckline and tank style straps give the striped dress a youthful vibe and sense of fun. We particularly like the flattering fitted bodice and full lining, which gives the piece some body. Not to mention the fab colors remind us of a fully-stocked Easter basket.
The 1920s are the decade of choice when it comes to spring style. The runways -- from Gucci to Marchesa to Calvin Klein -- were packed with Art Deco and Jazz Age-inspired looks and the dropwaist dress is no exception. We’re partial to this stylish find featuring a rich floral print, three-quarter sleeves and a keyhole nape (anthropologie.com, $128).
There’s something inherently ladylike (and therefore spring-like) about lace. We love the delicate nature it adds to anything from bags to skirts to T-shirts and how it can take something simple and give it an air of sophistication. Take this school girl-inspired lace dress, with a high neck and pleated skirt as a stylish example, ideal for any Easter event you need to attend (juicycouture.com, $278).
Colorblock is here to stay. It’s been perched in the style spotlight for a few seasons and shows no signs of retreating come spring. Have fun with the trend by donning this bright colorblock midi dress in bold, oceanic hues (bloomingdales.com, $88). The scoop neck style is sleeveless and perfect for a warm, late spring night.
Maya recalls an Easter Sunday at the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in Arkansas. Her mother makes her a special Easter dress from lavender taffeta, and Maya thinks the dress will make her look like the blond-haired blue-eyed movie star that she wishes, deep down, to be. But, the dress turns out to be drab and ugly, as Maya laments that she is black, and unattractive as well. She leaves her church pew to go to the bathroom, and doesn't make it; she runs from the church, ashamed, but glad to be out of church and away from the children who torment her, and make her childhood even harder than it already is.....
One of the main themes of this chapter is race and appearance; Maya already establishes that she wanted to be a movie-star looking white girl as a child, and tried to deny her real appearance. Connected with the idea of race is beauty, as Maya describes images of blond hair and blue eyes as the paragon of beauty, and says her appearance is merely a "black ugly dream" that she will wake out of.
These excerpts are right from the GradeSaver site. Please chekk out the link below.
Almost every holiday has its fashion component, but few have as rich a legacy for finery as Easter. The day remains one of the last gasps of old-school style. It gives milliners a reason to stock up on horsehair and ostrich feathers. It has hairstylists recalling the best method for setting Shirley Temple curls. And it makes parents who normally are gender-neutral on matters of child-rearing suddenly revert to stereotypes -- putting daughters in frilly dresses and boys in pint-size navy blazers and clip-on ties.
The history of the Easter ensemble derives from the philosophy of wearing one's Sunday best to the glory of God. On Easter, style expectations are ratcheted up several degrees in recognition of the day's outsize religious significance. There's an element of spring fever, too, in the way that the Easter wardrobe serves as a harbinger of daffodils and tulips -- no matter if there is often a bone-piercing chill in the air and, occasionally, snow on the ground.
Easter Sunday tends to bring prodigal congregants back into the fold, their spiritual devotion no less admirable than their desire to be part of the fashion fellowship. For regular churchgoers, there's a temptation to chortle at the scene of wayward parents with their dolled-up girls and duded-up boys walking into service after having been absent the rest of the year. But fine Christian folks, even if they can't resist at least one sidelong glance, eventually come around and give their long-lost brothers and sisters a welcoming hug along with an invitation to come back the following Sunday. Fancy hat not required.
There was no mandate that people had to wear new clothes on Easter Sunday, but that was certainly part of the tradition. The custom dovetailed nicely with the idea of Easter as a symbol of rebirth. And once upon a time, even if a woman couldn't afford an entire new ensemble, she would at least get herself a new hat or even just a bit of grosgrain ribbon to put a fresh fillip on an old favorite.
Easter Sunday still reflects an old-fashioned approach to clothes -- one defined by civility, formality and propriety. But only barely. One wonders just how much longer it will survive. Many a milliner is kept afloat by the loyalty of church ladies -- those women who believe that a head covering on Sunday morning, and particularly on Easter, is a sign of respect and reverence. And, of course, it doesn't hurt if that hat also happens to be just a wee bit fabulous. (See: Aretha Franklin on Inauguration Day.)
But church ladies, the kind who can carry off a hat with aplomb, are a dying breed. Most women have never worn anything more formal on their head than ski caps and baseball caps. Even first ladies have given up on millinery for Inauguration Day, realizing that it's virtually impossible to look both dignified and comfortable in pillboxes or picture hats when one's head is accustomed to being naked.
Churches themselves have also become more informal places in an effort to knock down barriers and exude a more welcoming atmosphere to those who might be intimidated by row upon row of folks in expensive frippery. Predominately black churches were once a treasure trove of hat-wearing ladies and men in suits and spit-shined shoes. And while there remain die-hards who believe they are not fully dressed for worship service until they have adjusted the hatpin in their cloche, younger women are not stepping up to carry on the long tradition of wearing a hat as though it is their crown. Today, women come up with gimmicky occasions -- elaborate teas, for instance -- to which they self-consciously wear a hat. Why bother? And young men are more inclined to take better care of their sneakers than polish a pair of dress oxfords.
Today's mega-churches are filled with members dressed in jeans and flip-flops. The idea of glorifying one's maker through bows and lace has given way to casual Sunday. Indeed, some churches even advertise the fact that Easter service is an informal one. And the days when New York's famous Easter parade down Fifth Avenue was a massive procession of serious ensembles are long gone, having given way to a modest carnival of botanical hats, rabbit ears and other outrageous folly.
That's all in good fun. But it's also too bad. Easter Sunday is the last tenuous link to the days when a wide swath of the culture believed fashion could be used -- without a hint of sarcasm or irony -- as a marker of moral rectitude, a symbol of earnest faith, a show of respect. On Easter Sunday, folks got dressed up because they wanted to celebrate life and generosity of spirit. When is the last time anyone ever equated those characteristics with the fashion industry? It's almost impossible to conceive that fashion once played an integral part in helping people express the joy and redemption that they felt deep within their souls.
Retailers didn't turn Easter Sunday into a rapacious consumer frenzy. Stores don't advocate Easter wardrobe makeovers or top 10 lists of must-have Easter trends. Instead, over the years, the focus remained on the singular ensemble. The new dress, the glorious hat, a first big-boy suit. For all the commercialism that surrounds everything from Presidents' Day to Christmas, Easter remained, by comparison, relatively low-key.
So it's not with any great debt-riddled relief or sense of righteous greed-is-bad justice that one watches the Easter ensemble, and all the sweet glee it evoked, slowly fade away. It's with a touch of sadness. Because on at least that one day out of 365, fashion symbolized something good, mighty and redemptive.
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