Links to Love: July

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Me, Sans Hair is such a beautiful and honest look at Ev’Yan’s relationship to her hair, a decade’s worth of torment and torture, and coming to grips with her hair in its natural state.  As someone who can’t remember her natural hair color, the relationship Ev’Yan has with her hair was something I could relate to at times, and when I couldn’t, her voice is so candid and honest that I still empathized greatly.

Crystal Renn on her Skinny Photos: “I don’t look like that”

CRYSTAL RENN: Well, I was shocked. When I saw the pictures, I think I was silent for a good five minutes, staring with my mouth open. I don’t know what was done to those photos or who did it, but they look retouched to me. And listen, everybody retouches, but don’t make me into something I’m not. [Reached for comment, photographer Nicholas Routzen explained that Crystal looks the way she does because the photos were “…taken from a higher angle with a wider lens.” But he also added, “I shaped her…I did nothing that I wouldn’t do to anyone. I’m paid to make women look beautiful.”]

GLAMOUR: You told me that your worry was that girls would look at those thin-looking pictures of you and think that you were glamorizing extreme skinniness.

CRYSTAL RENN: Yes. That was a huge fear for me. I thought, “People are going to think that I’m sick—and maybe a girl who’s suffering from an eating disorder sees a picture like this and gives up hope.” People who have followed my story and heard my voice might think I’ve turned my back on that, and that it’s only beautiful to be thin. They’re not going to know where I stand right now, and I understand that. Because if I were in their shoes looking at this picture, I would be disturbed. I would absolutely be disturbed.

What is Zero-Waste Fashion (And Why Does It Matter?)

Sal from Already Pretty heats up a Monday with Modesty & Revelation.  The answers are so broad and varied. What is modest for you? Are you ever immodest?  Here’s a great post on the topic as well, esp. related to vintage fashion & modesty.

Why It Is Wise To Worship Women:

At the essence of every woman’s heart is the divine feminine. It contains everything that has ever been beautiful, or lovely, or inspiring, in any woman, anywhere, at any time. The very essence of every woman’s heart is the peak of wisdom, the peak of inspiration, the peak of sexual desirability, the peak of soothing, healing love. The peak of everything. But it’s protected, for good reason, by a series of concentric walls.