Dressing with Intention

Beth Smith smiling at the camera with scissors in her hand, encouraging women to stop shrinking yourself

The Room Is Waiting for You

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About twelve years ago, I walked into a church building that wasn’t my own. I didn’t know anyone there. Across the room, on a sofa by herself, was a woman crying. I don’t know her name. I’m not sure I could pick her out of a crowd today. I remember that she had dark hair. […]

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Why Close enough shows up everywhere else

Close Enough Doesn’t Stop at the Closet

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I have been sewing for more than 40 years, and some of the most important things I know about women and their clothes, I learn when I’m not in the fitting room. Women are frustrated with their bodies because nothing seems to fit well in the dressing room. So we blame ourselves instead of the

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