Modest is my style.
I was talking to a friend the other day and we started talking about clothing.
In today's society EVERYTHING is short and tight and just overly revealing.
I believe you can be sexy, trendy and fashionable without being half naked.
More and more women (not all) leave NOTHING to the imagination. N O T H I N G.
IMO, there is a difference between something being SUPER tight and something fitting very well.
Some have said that I feel this way because I don't "have the body to show it off". I don't think so. I don't want to walk around with MY HUSBANDS BODY ON DISPLAY. I believe what the Bible says when it speaks of your body not being your own. But if that is what YOU want to do, then by all means, go ahead. It's just not MY thing.
That doesn't mean I'm going to walk around wrapped in a big blanket, nah. I just know I don't have to wear something super short and super tight to look cute.
This is MY opinion.
Between me talking with my friend and some of y'all emailing me and asking why I wouldn't show my mid-section when I posted this entry
kinda got the wheels turning. No I don't have stretch marks, I'm not ashamed of my body or anything like that it's just NOT me. But this is coming from someone who still says yes & no ma'am/sir, please & thank you and will NOT address a grown person by JUST their first name. I almost always put a handle on it.
Jaelyn can find clothing in stores pretty easy. Kayla on the other hand can not, she is tall and EVERYTHING is supershort. Now, I don't mind short dresses in the proper setting, but we were looking for her a dress for a church function and she can't wear over half of the stuff that is in stores to church. Even with leggings/tights if it's supposed to be a DRESS, it needs to be a dress. A lot of the dresses that she DOES buy she has to wear with leggings OR a pencil skirt. She wears them as tops lol. Yes she is THAT tall lol.
I ended up making her a dress and she loves it lol
Alright, that's all. Just a little something on my mind 🙂
Toodles!
Caroline/ 14.12.2013
Amen
Jenny/ 14.12.2013
Well said. I don’t think you have to be ashamed of your body when you dress modestly. Sexy is all about confidence and not how much skin you show.
Lynn/ 14.12.2013
A former male friend once told me that I’d get more dates if I showed more cleavage. I told him that I’d get more jackasses if I showed more cleavage. He never brought it up again. Like I said, former friend…
Bottom line? Do you.
Robin Michael Rush/ 14.12.2013
Good post. I feel the same way. Where did women get the idea that ‘too low, too tight, too short, and see through’ was cute and sexy? I see a lot of blogs and facebook posts with women wearing something totally inappropriate. (My biggest pet peeve is knit/bodycon dresses that are several sizes too small). Do these women look at themselves in the mirror? Yeah, I’m old school. It’s not appropriate for our children either–no, it’s not cute. When you train your daughters to dress like a lady (and model what you teach), they won’t stray from it. We can be modest, stylish, and classy without dishonoring our bodies.
Adrienne/ 15.12.2013
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Adrienne/ 15.12.2013
Exactly!
Adrienne/ 15.12.2013
Well said!
Adrienne/ 15.12.2013
Exactly and that’s what I try to teach my daughters.
p/ 15.12.2013
there are lots of pinterest boards with modest sexy fashion inspiration. Bravo to you for expressing this! I think that the reason so much stuff in shops is immodest is simply because the consumer doesn’t complain and the manufacturer makes more profit using less fabric! But it finally gets to the point where you can’t get a tank top that doesn’t show the bra straps in summer so everybody ends up showing the bra straps and showing the underwear becomes the new normal.
Carla/ 15.12.2013
I agree that is about choice. And that is yours. Funny I would never expect you to show your midriff as that seems totally unlike you, I would have been totally taken off guard if I had seen it…..
Continuing being you, us Southern girls find it hard to stray from how we were raised. I make it point to cover myself because that is something my daddy always required.
tj/ 15.12.2013
I try to dress like the woman I want my daughter to be when she grows up and the woman I want my sons to marry when they grow up. That means modest, classy and stylish.
Angie/ 16.12.2013
I totally agree. You have a nice figure, but you don’t have to expose it to the world to know you look nice.
Too many stargazers in this world and what the stars are wearing these days is just plain tacky. You do You and you do it well.
Some of the styles and outfits out now, make you wonder how they respect themselves and also makes you wonder what their daughter will be wearing.
Thandie/ 17.12.2013
I apologize if this is a repeated post, I lost the other one and can’t tell if it was sent.
I agree with you totally. I love your style and that of many modestly dressed women on patternreview.com. We have two girls 7 and 5 and I love to dress them but it is getting harder to shop for our 7 year old. She refuses to wear pants and only wants dresses and skirts. I literally cry whenever I go shopping for her. I also find the The 7-16 size range to be ridiculous. How does a 7 year old have the same style as a 16 year old? It is also sad to see the options they have for our girls. It is definitely becoming a necessity to sew for ourselves.
Adrienne/ 18.12.2013
RIGHT!!!!
Adrienne/ 18.12.2013
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Adrienne/ 18.12.2013
YES! That’s correct!
Adrienne/ 18.12.2013
That’s the truth!
Adrienne/ 18.12.2013
Another friend of mine was saying the same thing. It’s truly becoming necessary.