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18/05/2024

Reawakening

Oxford definition :

reawaken



verb

gerund or present participle: reawakening

(with reference to a feeling or state) emerge or cause to emerge again; awaken again.

04/09/2022

Thoroughly enjoyed at in Irene yesterday!
Can’t wait to bring the latest range to these kinds of events.

04/09/2022

We feel a slight stirring in the air...

01/09/2021

"Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking"* 😏
Happy Spring Day, Everyone!

*quote from Devel Wears Prada

16/08/2021

This hits close to home, especially having seen the mounds of trash on our West African beaches...

The dark side of the world’s fashion addiction. Many of our old clothes, donatedto charities, end up in rotting textile mountains in West Africa. This is a s...

09/08/2021

Happy Women's day!
Reflecting on what this day means in 2021, for us at LLYLA, the words in this image distill the meaning.

24/07/2021

Now available on Amazon.com, click on link below:

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25/06/2021

The body that carries you through this thing called life is subject to so much scrutiny and criticism. We are learning not to get too caught up in today’s body ideals as these clearly change with the times…

"A reminder to any woman who looks at her body and finds it flawed: these are prehistoric carvings of goddesses. These represent the epitome of feminine beauty to those we seek to emulate when we go on diets. Not a flat tummy, thigh gap, or gravity-defying breast among them.

These are bodies that are unique to their owners, and contain stories of desire, creation, hardship, and perseverance. These are bodies that are ready to hold you as you cry. These are bodies that worked every day to provide nourishment, resources and guidance to their communities while also caring for the next generation. They supported one another in their labor, holding one another’s babies while they worked crafting tools, collecting water & singing songs to teach the young about the goddesses they so closely resembled.

And these carvings weren’t found in just one area. They’ve been discovered nearly everywhere humanity has settled and thrived. Which means there was a time when womanhood, in all her power and capacity, was revered not as merely a sexual novelty or shunned as sinful temptation, but seen as a source of inspiration to create, to connect, and to find courage.

Today, our patriarchal society reveres conformity in women over all. It demands that women strive to achieve and maintain a form that resembles an untested girl. Our bodies must look perpetually untouched, unspoiled, a blank slate for a man to claim and use and write his own story upon. Instead of worshiping women as they are, we scrutinize and discard them as never good enough. And the more we strive to conform, the more we give up control of our bodies.

So have comfort, women: with each fat roll and jiggle you gain as you move forward in time, you come closer to resembling the goddess as she originally appeared in the hearts of humanity. She lives in you and longs to be seen and revered as she was before.

And you deserve to be worshipped."

~ Alaura Weaver

Photo source: http://albertis-window.com/2012/04/excavation-sites-for-prehistoric-and-ancient-female-figurines/

17/06/2021

Enjoying the latest 100% Cotton Hoodie dress. Available in !
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20/05/2021

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11/05/2021

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