Timeless Scarlet

I love the name of this dress: Timeless Scarlet.  Perhaps on a subconscious level, that's why I chose it as a gift for my 40th birthday.  Dear old mum asked me what she could get me to mark the occasion of my 40th and I immediately sent her a link to this dress.  She is nothing if not accommodating, and since it is a milestone, she splurged and gave me this dress as an early birthday present.

 

This dress is quite unlike any of the other Teuta Matoshi dresses I have.  They're all gorgeous, make no mistake in that, but there is a regal elegance to the scarlet dress.  I fully expect to come across a photo of Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann in Roman Holiday wearing this dress and a tiara.

Unlike my other gowns with their layers of mesh and glitter, this satiny fabric, puffed sleeves to rival anything Anne of Green Gables could imagine, and fitted bodice creates such a queenly (or Lady Cordelia as Anne would probably name it) silhouette. 

If the only place I ever wear this dress is here in this daisy covered meadow on a mild spring morning, that will be enough for me.....but I do hope it won't be the only time.

I love everything about this gown and I am glad to have something like this to wear on my birthday.  I don't know what I'll do to celebrate, maybe nothing at all.  Sometimes a gorgeous dress and the knowledge that one is deeply loved and has been each day for 40 years is celebration enough.

Every lady, at least once in her life, and I don't mean her teenage years--she's a girl then, not yet a lady, and I don't mean in her 20s when she's still finding herself, every lady, should be able to don a stunning gown, and have her life and the beauty of her soul celebrated.  To have a dress that makes her feel and own her beauty, not just her appearance but her achievements, of the love she has given, and what her life has meant to all those she has affected. 

I believe this.  Aging should not affect the way we value women, but unfortunately we live in a society that doesn't value experience, wisdom or anyone over the age of 30.  What a shame.  A woman's beauty doesn't disappear as she ages; it grows with every life she touches.

To that end, I hope to have many more years of this beautiful life, many more years of pouring myself out in service to others.   Many more years, to make people laugh and feel loved.  And yes, I'll probably find lots of pretty dresses along the way, and I'll tell you about all of them.

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