Comments on PeaceBang: Ministerial Attire

Are you ever in the Bay Area? I started SKSM in t...

2007-02-02T21:12:00.000-05:00

Are you ever in the Bay Area? I started SKSM in the fall and have realized that I need to learn to dress like a "grown up." I'm 24 and still work in a job where jeans are required (sawdust, glue, paint, etc), but want to start expanding my wardrobe with clothes that will be appropriate for ministry. The PCD just told me I look a little young for parish ministry. Would you be willing to do

If a color bothers you, try some of the organic ey...

2006-03-29T16:59:00.000-05:00

If a color bothers you, try some of the organic eye shadows -- a lot of them avoid some synthetic colors and use clay pigments. Of course, it could be the clay pigment that gets you.

Now my dad, when he was a minister, held on to the horn-rimmed arch-nerd 50's thing with the pocket protector with 8 writing utensils in it for WAAAAAY too long. And now, he'd just look like the verizon

Sweetie, you're in your twenties and gorgeous. You...

2006-03-28T23:12:00.000-05:00

Sweetie, you're in your twenties and gorgeous. You don't need to get anything about your face together to meet ANYONE. I'm certain you don't have nose hairs, either. Or egg crusted in the corner of your beard. Or lank greasy hair held in place by sixty-two bobby pins that glint in the light every time you turn your head in the pulpit. And I just KNOW you aren't walking around in a purple muu-muu

Holy crap, I'd better get my face together for whe...

2006-03-28T20:17:00.000-05:00

Holy crap, I'd better get my face together for when I meet you at GA!

Of COURSE you should laugh, as a Jew or as anyone ...

2006-03-28T15:44:00.000-05:00

Of COURSE you should laugh, as a Jew or as anyone else! Why not? I know some frumpy rabbis, too -- oy, do I!

As a jew I feel a bit odd laughing while reading t...

2006-03-28T12:08:00.000-05:00

As a jew I feel a bit odd laughing while reading this very funny post. But I think that some of my tribe might also heed your advice.

This is fabulous. I did want to mention though tha...

2006-03-28T10:19:00.000-05:00

This is fabulous. I did want to mention though that the term you want is "bolo tie," not "bolero tie." And yes, they're awful.

:o)

I'll try to get my computer expert to help me send...

2006-03-26T02:48:00.000-05:00

I'll try to get my computer expert to help me send you a photo. My eyes are usually green, sometimes blue, occasionally grey. Any pink toned anything around my eyes makes me look like I've been crying. The brown eyeliner with gold sounds interesting.... I've worn brown (as long as it has no pink tones), but greyish is better.
I'll work on the photo....
I'm really bad with computers --

Also, Kim, it occurs to me that if you have brown ...

2006-03-25T09:12:00.000-05:00

Also, Kim, it occurs to me that if you have brown eyes and a pink complexion, a pink-toned eyeshadow may be very pretty. You do have to try different shades, of course, but a kind of fawn browny pink might be nice with smudgy brown pencil. Mac makes a gorgeous brown eyeliner with hints of gold in it called "Teddy." The Body Shop makes an excellent smudger that lasts forever.

Kim, can you send me a photo? I need to see what c...

2006-03-25T09:09:00.000-05:00

Kim, can you send me a photo? I need to see what color eyes you have. I'm wondering if you have tried one of the blendable eye pens, CoverGirl makes one that has a little bit of a cooling factor in it and seems very gentle. It may be that one of the gray tones would work for your needs, or even the right blue, which is actually "in" right now.

P, I LOVE what not to wear.And I LOVE that you had...

2006-03-25T01:42:00.000-05:00

P,
I LOVE what not to wear.
And I LOVE that you had this conversation with seminarians.
It is an important conversation that sometimes is overlooked and yet people worry about it ALL THE TIME.

I'm sooo glad I'm not the only minister who thinks about this sort of thing.

And I checked in with our BANJO-playing friend, who is on sabbatical and has not yet checked his

Yet again, I howl out loud in laughter. P.S., by b...

2006-03-25T00:26:00.000-05:00

Yet again, I howl out loud in laughter. P.S., by boyfriend looks great in makeup.

I think it's a bolo tie rather than a bolero tie. ...

2006-03-24T21:44:00.000-05:00

I think it's a bolo tie rather than a bolero tie.
I wore lavender-grey eye shadow for years, because I REALLY need Shadow (not color, not accent, shadow. I have very prominent eyes.) Then it started to make my eyes itch. I tried other brands, other kinds. It appears to be the color I am sensitive to. No other color looks good on me (I am pale with a pink and blue complexion, greying

Make that "browline"

2006-03-24T18:51:00.000-05:00

Make that "browline"

Speaking to PB's last point: for eighteen years I ...

2006-03-24T18:50:00.000-05:00

Speaking to PB's last point: for eighteen years I wore a beard to sharpen and define my moon-round face. It kinda worked. When I got these glasses, with their decisive blowline, I immediately shaved.

Greensea, you happen to look adorable in your gran...

2006-03-24T18:25:00.000-05:00

Greensea, you happen to look adorable in your granny skirts. Carry on. It's a "look" for you, which brings me to my perhaps 12th item: If you have a "look," work it! and it doesn't have to be about fashion.

TGR: The face up close is a dear thing unadorned. Far away, we can lose eyes,lips and bone structure without a little aid from Max Factor. For those who preach, it can never hurt to

Being a lay leader (although having been in three ...

2006-03-24T18:11:00.000-05:00

Being a lay leader (although having been in three leadership seminars, two of them as a student and one as a teacher), I wear a nice stole I bought from Uni-Uniques only when we welcome new members to our tiny congregation (it means a lot!) and when there is some solemn ocassion, such as a public interfaith gathering where I want UUism to be as visible as possible (and no, I don't put a chalice

Oh, dear. Long, A-line skirts have been out since ...

2006-03-24T17:42:00.000-05:00

Oh, dear. Long, A-line skirts have been out since 1985? How did I miss that? I'm pretty sure everything I own (skirt-wise) IS either to my ankles or above my knee. Maybe I can kidnap my sister once she gets back from Spring break for a wardrobe consultation...
But at least I know that aviator frames are a "don't".

Love your post, in almost every point that you mak...

2006-03-24T15:03:00.000-05:00

Love your post, in almost every point that you make, but I do have to say that my personal response to #8 is: Meh.

I don't wear makeup. Just never started to, and just can't see the point now of all the fuss and bother, since everyone's used to my everyday un-madeup face anyhow. Now, I'm not a minister, but I am a DRE, so have a professional presence to keep up, too. And I do take

I love this. I do not have anything else to say b...

2006-03-24T14:10:00.000-05:00

I love this. I do not have anything else to say but I love this post! Thank You