Rachel Zoe

Nicki Hilton

Charlize Theron

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Kourtney Kardashian

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Tina Fey

I also want to praise Sandra Bullok, whose acceptance speech for Best Actress totally made me cry. If you haven’t seen ‘The Blind Side’ yet, I highly suggest you do so.

Moving on to the evening’s gowns, I was quite pleased to see that aside from the usual suspects, many of the ladies decided to keep it modest. My favorite dresses were neutral and soft, complemented by more natural and fresh-faced make-up.

Sandra Bullock

Nicole Ricci

Olivia Wilde

Kathryn Bigelow…I think I would have liked to see her in something a bit more elegant, but her look is still quite pretty.

Victoria Beckham

Even some of the strapless gowns were beautifully cut…

Zoe Saldana

Amanda Seyfried

Anna Kendrick (I would have made a few modifications to this one, but the overall look is still gorgeous.)

…Oh and my other favorite ‘UP’ won too!! Yay!!

Jes has written a book entitled Decent Exposure for teenage girls—which I will be sure to let you know more details about once it is printed—and the shoot was for some of the chapters. (It has TONS of modest fashion tips as well explanations and advice about being a woman in today’s world.) There are also quotes from “famous” and not-so-famous men in the book, so you get the added encouragement and insight into what a man thinks about everything from modesty to love and chastity.

Last post I wrote about how I briefly met Grant Desme, but yesterday I got the added bonus of hanging out with Grant at the shoot. We had a nice conversation about a variety of topics, and Jes and I roped him into sitting down and talking to us about femininity and manhood. He was such a good sport!

Check out a clip:

Also, I’ll be off the grid for the next couple of days. I’m heading up north to meet and interview Immaculee Ilibagiza! Immaculee is a Catholic author and speaker who at the age of 22-years-old survived the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. I’ll be filming the interview with her so I’ll share more clips from that and the DE photo shoot next week—plus I’ve got some awesome vids from Sundance that I have yet to post.

See you next week! (And your prayers for safe travels and a fruitful interview would be appreciated!)

~Rebecca

People keep asking me how the night went, and let me tell you, it was insane! We had the most attendees we’ve ever had (somewhere around 800) and I did not stop running around putting out fires the entire night.  But I’m so glad some of you came out (I even saw some of our Decent Exposure alumni!!) and hope that you will again next month.

On another note, while I was at CU I was able to meet Grant Desme. 

Grant is a former baseball player for the Oakland A’s who has just recently announced his intention to forego a career in the Major Leagues in order to become a Norbertine.

The LA Times did a really great piece on him over the weekend:

“Baseball is a good thing,” Desme said. “But that felt selfish of me, when I felt that God was calling me more. It took a while to trust that and open up to it. . . . I love the game, but I’m going to aspire to higher things.” Source

He and his friends were really sweet; pray for him and his discernment!

~Rebecca

And throw in a pink frou-frou dress? Why not! LOL.

Modesty is not boring.

Love,

Korto Momolu
(And Rebecca.)

Fabulous.