Tomorrows Fashion FAVORS Modest Women

[uc pseudonym]

Oddly enough, I saw an article on this in a completely seperate source. Rather an unusual source for anything related to fashion. My sister is ecstatic. I can't say that I mind either.

They were interviewing several of the people in charge of the companies beginning this movement... and to be honest they really didn't get it. It's quite possible to be immodest in attitude and still be wearing quite a bit.

All I hope is that this doesn't begin a trend toward covering but tight clothing, which really wouldn't be an improvement at all.

[Kawaiikneko]

ugh me too. Tight clothing is sorta uncomfortable

[panegryst]

I fully support any fashion trend that leads to this result:

[Iona]

My brothers would love that. They're always telling me girls look better in dresses and skirts, but I say it's hard to do anything fun in them. I like capris and long tee-shirts better. I do wear skirts to church and dresses for formal occasions though.

I would die if I had to wear that, panegryst. Literally die. It gets to 100 degrees over here in July! I won't even go into August...

I wanna learn how to sew Tohru Honda's shirts and dresses, they're so cute and I think they're modest too!

[Lochaber Axe]

I guess they would call that style Neo-Victorian.

[Yeito]

good one lochaber.

Yeito

[Godly Paladin]

Another one! I've been seeing articles about this all over! (I'm all for it, so I'm not complaining...) As far as not being able to do anything in skirts? My sister regularly schools us guys in Laser Tag whilst wearing a denim skirt...I'm shamed...

[panegryst]

if girls would wear Puritan gear (see above picture) like that, I would gladly hold open doors and stuff for them. but it's hard to hold open a door/act chivalrous towards a girl in shorts and halter top, i tell ya...

would die if I had to wear that, panegryst. Literally die. It gets to 100 degrees over here in July! I won't even go into August...

in the summer you would be allowed to take the coat off.

[ShiroiHikari]

I like to dress modestly, but I don't like skirts. ._. I'd rather wear a nice pair of pants.

[panegryst]

:sniffle: i sympathize with your pain, shiroi!

but... as a man I am obligated to do certain things, like military service (and I OUGHT to be obligated to do much more, but apparently gender roles are dead). i think i would like the world much better if women would dress more modestly, etc. and men would act in a much more chivalrous manner.

[uc pseudonym]

Not to be confrontational, but I have to state that I like things better the way they are now. Gender roles... bah. Genetics will handle what needs to be done, and the rest is all equal in my mind. I personally hold the door for anyone nearby; basically I believe that as a Christian it is my job to be chivalrous to everyone.

[panegryst]

well said

[mechana2015]

I for one will be glad when the styles switch back... I spend too much time averting my eyes, it really makes me kind of sad though that people feel they have to show all that skin off to get someones attention.

[Kisa]

Yep, Ms. Manga (me) BOYCOTTED shorts this year. I wore capri's and pants all summer, and I'm still here to tell the tale. It's about time young ladies stood up and demanded their clothes back.

Furthermore, buying the shorts that manufacturers are turning out is simply bad stewardship! I mean, I'm not paying thirty dollars for those Denim underwear they claim are shorts. Where may be some decent shorts (I have friends who have defied the odds and found them), I just don't have time to wade through the Jr. department to find them.

Modesty rocks. (Plus, it's WAY more comfortable.)

Amen sister!
I totally agree! I love those references to Robin and Tohru too about their modesty! They are both ones to look to and not ones like, say, Urd . . .

[Fsiphskilm]

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[Morluna]

yeah i'm sick of seeing girls' bellies all the time...especially when chunky girls insist on being revealing..that's gross...

i hope these fashions pick up.

[MsShinobu]

I'll believe this when I see it.

As a young lady, I've always dressed modestly. However, many of these specially designed "modest" clothing are kinda old-fashioned. They really aren't going to lure in young females looking for pretty clothing.

I'm sad to see that people only think modesty is wearing long dressed that offer no compliment to the pretty female body. You can be modest but also be feminine!

I would really love to see more people pick up on the modesty fashion. I always try to get my Sister to have more respect for herself.

[Destroyer2000]

I have my doubts as to this happening. Most of the girls I see around at the malls and such wear these really short things and act so seductive I could mistake them for prostitiutes. I get so annoyed at the way the act.

[Shao Feng-Li]

I once heard people were fickle... I take it it's oh so very true...

[Golden_Griff]

I have my doubts as to this happening. Most of the girls I see around at the malls and such wear these really short things and act so seductive I could mistake them for prostitiutes. I get so annoyed at the way the act.

So do I

Would it hurt for you [girls] to act like respectable women? Women try too hard to get a man's attention (and if it's the kind of attention a short skirt can only grab you don't need it no way). But I put part of the blame on the media: with all these DUMB commercials showing a half-naked [slim] woman eating yogurt. I mean I can't figure out whether Dannon is selling the yogurt or the woman! Some women of any size will feel ugly when they only see one "perfect" image everywhere they look! Okay I'm going to leave that alone, I could go on for days about this...

From reading posts such as this I learned that a lot of you guys sincerely don't appreciate for young women to dress in revealing clothing because it presents temptations. This is probably the only place I've heard so many men voice that opinion.

[Jasdero]

My mom made me go to the mall again today, and well, I didn't notice any change actually. I kind of got disappointed. Articles of clothing were more revealing, and as for the boys... pants were baggier.... I hate seeing underwear....

[Iona]

It's really bad that this sort of issue affects churches, but it does. My friends' church is fighting because it's teens and their parents are ok with some stuff that other parents and their teens are not.
My church, for a while, had girls wearing short skirts, mini dresses, and halter tops. The worst thing was that no one said anything! I spent the winter writing an article for the church newsletter about modesty, but by the time spring came around again, those girls left for other churches.
I haven't seen any changes in the clothes in the mall, but in catalogs things seem to be a little better. Proper shirts covering to the waist, nice comfortable jeans, etc. They appear to be there and the pics are a lot less provocative.

[MsShinobu]

The thing is, the general mindset today is that less is more. Women want to look nice and attract a man.

The problem is these young girls DO NOT realize just what type of signal they are giving to men. If you act like a floozy, men are going to treat you as such. My Sister just does not understand that the way she dresses only lures men only because it gives the men one signal. They don't necessarily care for her or anything about her.

A woman can dress modestly and still retain her beauty. Wearing less does not make you any more beautiful, it only makes you more sexual. I find more and more women are dressing more sexual and they just don't realize that can be very dangerous because they are sending all the wrong signals to men.

Edit: It also sickens me how people will equate a woman's liberation with how sexual she is. People like the singer Madonna are so often praised for being such "modern women" who are "in touch with their sexuality". Are they really? Or are they just pawns of what perverts want?

In the end do women like that lead happy, fulfilling lives? Not really, you see Madonna constantly in new relationships.