This woman, 82, dresses to the nines each Sunday for virtual church.
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This woman, 82, dresses to the nines each Sunday for virtual church. Her selfies have become legendary.
This woman, 82, dresses to the nines each Sunday for virtual church. Her selfies have become...
“I started hearing from people everywhere who said my photos made them smile,” said La Verne Ford Wimberly, 82.
washingtonpost.com
2:32 AM · Apr 4, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/03/31/sunday-virtual-church-outfit/
Since March 29, 2020, she has taken photos of herself from her living room in 53 different color-coordinated outfits — each one carefully selected from the burgeoning closets, jewelry boxes and neatly stacked hat boxes that have satisfied her love of making a grand entrance since she was a young schoolteacher in the 1960s.
She hasn’t decided what she’ll be wearing this Easter Sunday, but those who know Wimberly said the odds are good that she’ll make a big splash.
“She never skips a beat with the hats, the clothes and all that beautiful jewelry,” said Robin Watkins, 54, the church’s executive office assistant.
“If anyone is feeling downtrodden, they just look at her [Facebook] page and immediately feel uplifted,” she said. “Her heart is as beautiful as each outfit she has shared with us.”
Parishioners often call Wimberly “Doctor.” She has a PhD in education and spent years as a school principal and superintendent after she’d moved on from teaching, Watkins said.
She was already known at her church for the head-turning outfits she wore every Sunday, so when the pandemic hit last year and in-person services were canceled, Wimberly decided to up her game.
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Quite the collection. She probably has a spare room to keep it all. Happy Easter, La Verne. 
What an inspiration during a time when this is needed . Colorful and uplifting at the same time.
to pull together each outfit!
She must spend a lot of time on the shopping channel, to have so many beautiful pieces to coordinate her outfits.
Maybe she has designers who want her to borrow and wear their clothes, hats and jewelry? She deserves to!
I seriously considered breaking out the black velvet blazer with all the trimmings to go get my vaccination shots. Maybe, even a walking stick.
However, I abandoned the idea after it became clear it would hold up other people waiting in line for their shots as I peeled down to where a shot could be administered.
