Christa is the designer and creator of ChristaTaylor.com and author of one of my favorite blogs: Empowered Traditionalist.

If you are not yet familiar with her clothing company I highly recommend you take a peek. She seemingly effortlessly manages to combine style and modesty creating adorable clothes that you can feel confident, comfortable and cute in. She has generously offered to extend free shipping to readers of Betty Beguiles! Just enter code BETTYB when checking out.

I hope you enjoy the interview! She is an impressive gal, to say the least. Thanks, Christa!

Betty Beguiles: We'd love to know more about you! Would you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Christa Taylor: I'm just an average 21-year-old who happens to be working in fashion. Aside from the business I teach art classes, study music and wish I could spend more time outdoors. My siblings are my closest friends and by far the best company a girl could wish for. Reading is my great delight; nothing beats a long walk, to my favorite coffee shop and settling in with a killer book. As Ronald Reagan once said: "he who reads leads"- I think I'll make that one of my life mottos. Random fact: I am deathly afraid of moths and horrifying enough, they seem to have an inordinate fascination with me!

BB: What kind of response to the modesty movement are you seeing from members of your generation?

CT: Varied, really. Some are extremely enthusiastic; some are still so soaked in Feminism they don't know what ends up. What's surprising is how excited they get about modesty and femininity when they hear how much the guys love feminine attire. I've seen a tidal wave of enthusiasm when the guys express their support of modesty/femininity.

BB: You maintain a wonderful bog in addition to running Christa Taylor. Can you tell us a little about Empowered Traditionalist?

CT: Empowered Traditionalist is a response to Feminism in our society today. With the rise of the raunch culture I wanted to be a beacon of light piercing the sexuality and gender confusion. I wanted women to feel like it was ok to be feminine- to rise above it and affirm, "yes, I am an empowered Traditionalist, I stand by the traditional values of femininity and modesty and frankly- I'm proud of it!"

BB: You must be so busy! What do like to do in your free time?

CT: If I had an afternoon with nothing to do- I would first take a walk, (I love exercise) and then read- my brain gets hungry and I have to feed it otherwise I become dull and morose.

BB: You mention on your blog that you do not sew! That really surprised and intrigued me! Can you tell us a bit about how get your designs out of your head and onto the clothing rack?

CT: Ha! Now that is the mystery isn't it? Having an understanding of how patterns/sewing works has been very helpful. While I'm no expert at the mechanisms of sewing I have taken a design and dressmaking course so that gave me a good foundation. To answer more clearly- I draft up a picture/sketch, send it to my seamstress and we work on creating it into a sample. Once we have the finished mock-up we send it off to our manufacturers- and voila- the design is ready for production.

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