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Dr. La Verne Ford Wimberly continues to article of clothing her Sunday all-time.

Ford, an 82-year-sometime retired principal from Tulsa, Oklahoma, has gone viral for getting dressed upwardly over the concluding year while attending church building services that have been held virtually due to the pandemic.

For months, Wimberly has posted photos on Facebook of herself in colorful dresses and a wide assortment of fancy hats, documenting each Sunday look.

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Wimberly has become quite popular for dressing to the nines while attending virtual church services. — Wimberly has get quite popular for dressing to the nines while attending virtual church services. La Verne Ford Wimberly

In a time when so many people are wearing sweats for video calls, Wimberly has eschewed the idea.

"I didn't want to become a vagabond and I know that it takes 21 days to alter a habit or even break a habit or get a new habit and if I had saturday at home in my sweats or something similar that, I probably would not have wanted to get dressed support," she told Sheinelle Jones and Dylan Dreyer Fri on the 3rd hr of TODAY.

"And so, it was just a matter of making myself feel good and likewise others who belong to my church building so that'due south why I started that mail," she added.

Sweatpants? During virtual church services? Not for Wimberly. La Verne Ford Wimberly

Wimberly, who has worn over 50 outfits for virtual services, has get a flake of a glory for refusing to keep it coincidental.

"I thought, 'Oh, my goodness, I can't sit here looking slouchy in my robe,'" she told The Washington Post earlier this calendar week. "I didn't desire to sit around alone and experience sorry for myself, so I decided, 'You know what? I'g going to dress up anyhow.'"

Wimberly also told Sheinelle and Dylan that she is surprised so many people are making a fuss over her.

Wimberly's hats offer the perfect finishing touch. — Wimberly's hats offering the perfect finishing bear on. La Verne Ford Wimberly

"I really can't believe all the attention that I have received the past two weeks," she said. "I just can't imagine what the fascination is, or the attraction is, for an 82-year-old woman that they keep calling and writing and texting. And I have just completed deleting about 800 friend requests."

Wimberly says she never considered not dressing up because it was instilled in her as a child to practise so for church.

"So, for 82 years, I've been putting on my Dominicus all-time, and and so information technology has become a real addiction," she said.

What's next for Wimberly, with Easter looming?

"I'll be wearing pink and blackness," she said, modeling the hat she'll wear.

Drew Weisholtz is a reporter for TODAY Digital, focusing on pop culture, nostalgia and trending stories. He has seen every episode of "Saved past the Bell" at least l times, longs to perfect the crane kick from "The Karate Kid" and performs stand-up one-act, while besides auspicious on the New York Yankees and New York Giants. A graduate of Rutgers University, he is the married father of two kids who believe he is ridiculous.