Monday, December 29, 2008
Boutique specializing in skirts, tops opens in Berkley
Some women prefer wearing skirts.
Others, including some orthodox Jews and conservative Christians, are required to wear them by their sects or denominations.
But finding skirts that are both attractive and modest can be difficult. Most stores have just a small selection of skirts to choose from for each season.
That's why sisters-in-law Marcy Forta and Shoshana Forta, both of Oak Park, opened The Room Downstairs in Berkley Nov. 18.
The store specializes in skirts, tops and accessories in sizes 0 through 22.
The wide range of fabrics, styles and colors appeals to all ages, from teenagers to senior citizens, Marcy Forta said. "While we do not carry dressy evening wear, our styles range from business professional wear to casual, stylish and funky wear," she said. "The clothing looks good on everybody!"
The store first opened in 2005 in Shoshana Forta's basement, hence the name The Room Downstairs.
The business quickly grew through word-of-mouth. Several times a year, the women would rent space at a synagogue to hold trunk shows. Soon, Shoshana Forta's basement wasn't large enough to hold the new inventory coming in. The women had to decide between cutting back their business or expanding in a new location.
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20081228/NEWS18/812280310/1035
Others, including some orthodox Jews and conservative Christians, are required to wear them by their sects or denominations.
But finding skirts that are both attractive and modest can be difficult. Most stores have just a small selection of skirts to choose from for each season.
That's why sisters-in-law Marcy Forta and Shoshana Forta, both of Oak Park, opened The Room Downstairs in Berkley Nov. 18.
The store specializes in skirts, tops and accessories in sizes 0 through 22.
The wide range of fabrics, styles and colors appeals to all ages, from teenagers to senior citizens, Marcy Forta said. "While we do not carry dressy evening wear, our styles range from business professional wear to casual, stylish and funky wear," she said. "The clothing looks good on everybody!"
The store first opened in 2005 in Shoshana Forta's basement, hence the name The Room Downstairs.
The business quickly grew through word-of-mouth. Several times a year, the women would rent space at a synagogue to hold trunk shows. Soon, Shoshana Forta's basement wasn't large enough to hold the new inventory coming in. The women had to decide between cutting back their business or expanding in a new location.
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20081228/NEWS18/812280310/1035
Comments:
I am trying, and have been trying for decades, to understand this "attractive but modest" thing.
Let's begin by analyzing the word "attractive." According to Google, it means: "having the quality of attracting by inherent force; Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing."
Is this what a religious Jewish woman should be? Now, before you start lumping me in with the rabid ultra orthodox, I am asking this in a serious way. To whom should a religious Jewish woman be attractive? Should she be attractive to any random person, male or female, who is walking down the street, or on the subway?
Is it ok for a young Jewish wife to be enticing to random men in Boro Park, as long as she is not showing skin? This seems to be the de facto standard.
And I'm not even going to the wigs that the married Jewish women wear, which 98% of hte time look far prettier than their original hair. So what if the woman has shaved bald underneath? So her husband gets a bald woman at home, while Jewish and non-Jewish men and women get a picture out of Elle magazine?
Something is wrong with this picture.
Let's begin by analyzing the word "attractive." According to Google, it means: "having the quality of attracting by inherent force; Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing."
Is this what a religious Jewish woman should be? Now, before you start lumping me in with the rabid ultra orthodox, I am asking this in a serious way. To whom should a religious Jewish woman be attractive? Should she be attractive to any random person, male or female, who is walking down the street, or on the subway?
Is it ok for a young Jewish wife to be enticing to random men in Boro Park, as long as she is not showing skin? This seems to be the de facto standard.
And I'm not even going to the wigs that the married Jewish women wear, which 98% of hte time look far prettier than their original hair. So what if the woman has shaved bald underneath? So her husband gets a bald woman at home, while Jewish and non-Jewish men and women get a picture out of Elle magazine?
Something is wrong with this picture.
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גוט געזאגט, נישט פלעין, די פרויען, אין גאס וועלן זיי זיך אנטאן ווי פרינצעסינס, אין שטוב גייען זיי ווי שמאטעס, ווען עס דארף זיין פונקט פארקערט, אין שטוב דארף א פרוי אויסזען איר בעסטע, אין גאס, וואס צניעות'דיגער, נישטא נאך אזא קעגנזייטיגער סתירות'דיגער ווארט ווי אטראקטיוו אבער צניעות'דיג, עס איז ווי צו זאגן א פראסטיג-קאלט-גליענדיג-הייסער אייז-קריעם. מיין פרוי פארלאנגט פון מיר 200$ צו קויפן א שיינע עלעגאנטע העט, איך זאג איר, פארוואס דארף איך דאס, אז איינמאל א חודש זאלסטו זיך קענען באפוצן דערמיט ביים גיין צו א חתונה, אין שטוב גייסטו סייווי אלץ מיט'ן שלומפערדיגן פאנדזשעלאו און פארקרומטן טורבאן, טא ווער דארף דאס.
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