Miss Lilly was a colored lady and they went to her church. Miss Lilly knew how to dress for church. I am sure you have seen a woman dressed like Miss Lilly on Church days, all wearing a hat that matched their dress. It is something that I have seen slowly fade away, the younger women do not dress like the older women dressed. They dress nice but no longer have that "the style" the older ladies had.
The older ladies at my church are still Ms. Lilly.
The style had a reason ... post-integration, my people do not feel as much like every time we appear in public, we have to look four times as good than anyone else to even get human respect, AND, we are further from our African roots of ceremonial dress for ceremonial occasions. The latter is the actual root of the style.
Whatever the reason for them doing this, I admire them.
Miss Lilly was my mother's best friend for 50 years. Mom took it hard when she passed, she told me that in the 50 years, they never had cross words between them.
Miss Lilly was a colored lady and they went to her church. Miss Lilly knew how to dress for church. I am sure you have seen a woman dressed like Miss Lilly on Church days, all wearing a hat that matched their dress. It is something that I have seen slowly fade away, the younger women do not dress like the older women dressed. They dress nice but no longer have that "the style" the older ladies had.
The older ladies at my church are still Ms. Lilly.
The style had a reason ... post-integration, my people do not feel as much like every time we appear in public, we have to look four times as good than anyone else to even get human respect, AND, we are further from our African roots of ceremonial dress for ceremonial occasions. The latter is the actual root of the style.
Whatever the reason for them doing this, I admire them.
Miss Lilly was my mother's best friend for 50 years. Mom took it hard when she passed, she told me that in the 50 years, they never had cross words between them.
Real friends are so hard to find ... so glad both your mother and Ms. Lilly had that, against the odds of their time. God is GOOD, all the time!