Like C.S. Lewis, I enjoy a good blazer (please see previous post). Unlike Lewis and as a woman, I wear my blazer structured, feminine and elegant. My autumnal blazer has open lapels and a velvet upper collar with matching pockets. For this outfit (pictured), I added a Chanel-inspired necklace and a pearl bracelet to soften the look. My eyeglasses give a modern, stylish yet scholarly appeal.
What does dressing like a woman who reads theology mean? Of course, there is no proper dress code for women to read philosophy or theology. Women have the choice to wear whatever they want. Yet this look empowers me, as a petite female, to stand tall amidst the traditionally heavy male dominated areas (which have existed from long ago); inevitably, these perspectives have predominantly shaped the foundational ideas of human thought.
Because of the imbalance of gender voices in philosophy and theology, it is important to read those few, but strong, female intellectual voices. However, my approach is to enter the intellectual domain with the natural reason, logic and mental strength that God has endowed upon me. Whether the ideas stem from male or females is not primary to me. Rather, it is having the ability and freedom to enter these domains, and being able to forge my own path and build upon others’ ideas.
Yet I do that on my own terms. I approach the intellectual world in style, and seek to make connections between what humans wear and what they espouse. Serious women are not unfeminine–they are simply unafraid of depth.