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				Modest IS hottest
				Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:23 pm
				by MerrieMiss
				
			 
			
					
				Re: Modest IS hottest
				Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 3:14 pm
				by Anon70
				Interesting article.  I just wish we cared about women's fashion in the real world as much as we do about Men's.  (which, for where I work and live, is like almost zero caring)......  I want to be the woman that just wears what fits and feels comfortable and isn't ugly.  But, I come to work every day feeling insecure because so many women have a better wardrobe (and wallet) than I do.
			 
			
					
				Re: Modest IS hottest
				Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 6:55 am
				by 2bizE
				I'm not into the 17th century styles worn today trying to look normal. I do like modest wear for both men and women.  Just because you can wear something doesn't mean you should.  My wife and I used to frequently see an 80+ man walking along the beach in a Speedo.  It was tight and you could see the full contour of his penis as he walked along.  It was swimwear, but not really appropriate.
Was at a restaurant years ago and a woman was in skimpy attire.  My daughter asked why her boobs were so big.  Awkward.
			 
			
					
				Re: Modest IS hottest
				Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:07 am
				by MoPag
				What a fascinating article!  Thank you for sharing MM.
 This past spring, The New York Times’s chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, declared modest fashion a defining trend of the 2010s, with brands as varied as Céline, with its enveloping, cocoon-like garments, Erdem, with its long-sleeved, high-collared Victoriana dresses, and Vetements, with its almost comically outsize getups, all promoting the look.  
Wow-look at the wicked, horrible world and their "costly apparel."   
   
This is really interesting though, and it really throws a wrench into all the modestly us vs. the world rhetoric we get at church.  I can't wait to share this in RS!
 As Friedman argued, in a vulnerable, volatile time — perhaps one particularly so for women — figure-obscuring clothing serves as a kind of armor, as well as a retort to a reality-TV-inured culture apparently intent on exposing any private moment, any intimate body part, for public consumption. Once we’ve seen it all — from Emily Ratajkowski’s fabulous breasts to Kim Kardashian’s monumental butt — it now seems as if the most radical gesture could only involve donning a baggy jumpsuit or a generously cut midi-skirt. 
Armor and rebellion rolled into one.  Love it!