**The first step to a sister missionaries wardrobe is decide how you want to style yourself. By that I mean you do the fun tops, or the fun skirts so it's easier to match everything to everything. For me I did the fun, crazy skirts and solid, neutral tops. It all depended on the first skirt I actually bought. Skirts come first, then the shirts.
SKIRTS: The rule for a sister missionary is now below the knee and above the ankles..... soo...... I spent under $30 dollars for each skirt, because lets get real. No one completely cares what you look like on a mission except the Lord. I also am riding a bike so they have to be FULL enough for my legs to move. Which was also a huge deal, everywhere had pencil skirts. But finding the full long length ones were insane. Also, I needed skirts that are easy wash, no dry clean, have to be easy to manage! So that was also another challenge!
The left is the typical black A-line skirt, typical missionary attire, I found that one at the missionary mall in Provo. The brown and white striped skirt I found a the swap meet in Orange County and it's this knit material, it's like a short maxi skirt. Which I love freaking Maxi's. The black one (arguably my favorite) (In my missionary pictures) I got at Target. Yes, target. I saw my friend serving a mission in Korea had this so I stole her Idea and bought one for myself. Unfortunately this is the only not full skirt so this will be an MTC skirt only. Tear..
These are quite awesome and I got SO lucky on these skirts. They are all from Papaya clothing, I think it may be a California store possibly, but we have them everywhere. These are ALL the same style but different color. Which is totally fine by me. I bought the middle one (brown polka dot) first for $7 which was unbelievable because it was perfect. I went online to www.papayaclothing.com where I found the other two for $18 dollars, still can't go wrong with an $18 skirt. They also came with adorable belts. Ah, I'm so awesome.
The left orange Tribal Print skirt I found at the Zion's outlet in Saint George called "Urban Trends" I believe and it's so cute on. I can't even handle it. I actually wore this one to my sisters wedding which happened to be the same color orange. Phew. The two middle skirts I found at Stein Mart, it was lucky too. They were on clearance and had thousands of long skirts to choose from, these were my favorite out of them. $14, can't go wrong. The right one is AWESOME. Chevron? The best. But this one is an original from my mother, she sewed it. Just perfect to fit me.... talk about spoiled.
These shirts are all from H&M, which are beautiful T-shirts because they cover your under garments perfectly. My mom and I went to Joann's and found some little embellishments to put on them. They are a little hard to see unfortunately but they turned out great! Perfect for Thailand.
These are the rest of my shirts, I purchased some at Sam's Club, Target, Loft, H&M, Papaya, and Forever 21. That's basically it. Shirts were harder to find than skirts believe it or not. As you can see I tried to stick with solid shirts to match my crazy skirts. With an exception of a few.
Cardigans.....Match everything you can with them. I tried to stick with fun solid color cardigans to go with my sweet skirts. I brought some solid t-shirts to go under them as well. I love the mustard. Probably my favorite. I found the mustard in a small boutique in Utah. The lime green at a store called Loft on clearance. And I found the peach cardigan at H&M. I love them. I will mostly be wearing these in the MTC before I start sweating in them in Thailand. Bleh.
Just my accessories. I really kept my accessories cheap just in case they get stolen. My leopard print scarf. Love. H&M. I found some bracelets at a place called Charming Charlie's which was a great cheap accessory store. I found my rose necklace at Rue 21, my watch at target ($14), my necklaces at forever 21(under $3 each), one of them I got from a boy :D, and some studded earrings at target. Since the earrings I got were sterling silver I paid a little more for those, ($13) but It's okay, I keep them all in that sandwich container I got at walmart. Perfect size.
Hope this helps, if not, that sucks. It's slightly funner than I thought to keep a blog.... hmmm
