What are your thoughts on women dressing modestly?

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Do you guys appreciate it when a girl dresses modestly? Do you girls find it hard to dress modestly? Do you think women should only wear skirts and dresses (mainly, no pants)?

I started trying to dress modestly about 4 years ago. Generally, I try to stay covered from my neck to below my knees and I only wear dresses and skirts. I’ve read plenty of books and articles on modesty, but I’m interested in personal opinions.

Personally, it’s actually not easy to dress modestly without looking frumpy. Finding modest clothing pieces is actually hard. When I speak to my guy friends some of them are thankful some women put in some effort to look decent. That motivates me to continue dressing modestly.

I go to a traditional Latin Mass, so there I’m comfortable dressing modestly. However, in other public places I stand out and random people ask me if I’m Jewish, Pentecostal, Mormon, etc(I got Catholic once though). Do any of you girls, who wear longer skirts, go through those questions?
 
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Pants can be modest. Skirts can be immodest.
Dressing modestly is important. You do not have to be frumpy.
 
Did I say anything contrary to this?

(EDIT) I see you did not mean to reply to me. My apologies.
 
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No. I have not figured out how to post without referencing the person before me.
 
I’m working on dressing more modestly, trying to wear more dresses (I don’t like skirts). I used to hate wearing dresses, thought they were too formal. I couldn’t find any I liked. I finally came upon this Etsy site, called notperfectlinen and have discovered that linen dresses not only tend to be more modest in the way they are shaped, but they also are heavier, so they won’t fly up in the wind. I also like the style. 🙂 so win win for me.
 
I share this thought. There’s nothing more attractive to me than a pretty girl in a sun dress. It’s not immodest but it is attractive. On the flip side, growing up around horses, a chick in jeans with a western style shiny belt and a plaid shirt can also make me turn my head fast enough to snap my neck lol
 
Revealing clothes ≠ attractiveness
modest clothes ≠ unattractiveness
 
I’ve got a few dresses. I normally wear trousers.

Right now I’ve got trousers and a sweater.

I don’t think trousers are less modest than a dress.

In the summer I might wear a maxi dress. I might wear Bermuda shorts.

I don’t wear shorts to mass or out to dinner.

If I go swimming I wear a swim suit.
 
Dresses are nice from time-to-time but if someone wears them all the time it strikes me as loopy. Not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with loopy.

I tried wearing a dress once but it totally didn’t fit me.

They aren’t as functional as pants.
 
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Yes, of course! Their dignity is violated by exposing what this world - male and female - want to lust after. Even at a women’s retreat, who knows who is fighting SSA? Same with men. Muscle shirts, ‘wife-beaters’, ‘bun-tight’ pants and other muscular expositions are primarily vain, it seems to me.

What needs to be exposed is our hearts.
 
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Hey! Linen dresses sound comfortable. Dresses that fly up in the wind is definitely a concern for me too lol. Buying clothes online is probably the best option for modest clothes. I usually go to thrift stores but it’s hard to find things I like and in the right size.
 
What really convinced to not wear pants was reading Dressing with Dignity by Colleen Hammond. It’s a good read. It touched on Freemasonry and the destruction of the family.
 
True. I just went to the thrift store the other day and bought a dress, first time for me. The linen store I described in my post tends to sell dresses pretty expensively though because they are handmade, so I like to shop at roolee.com instead. Dresses are of good quality and less expensive.
 
Modesty is not just about what you wear.
It is the attitude you carry, the way you present yourself, how you speak, your body language and your interior disposition.

I could be in a very modest dress and still swear, act trashy and be a nasty rotten person. Clothes do not make the man, or woman, as the case may be.
 
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However, in other public places I stand out and random people ask me if I’m Jewish, Pentecostal, Mormon, etc(I got Catholic once though). Do any of you girls, who wear longer skirts, go through those questions?
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Didn’t see this part of your post. I’ve actually never gotten anything like that before, except my brother told me I looked like the Virgin Mary once because I was wearing a light blue dress…and my sister told me I looked like a nun. So there you go. lol
 
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These days (Im close to 60)I think I prefer modesty in women and men. Cleavage in women’s blouses for example is kind of distracting in the workplace. I don’t go to pubs, clubs or discotecques anymore. I suppose modest dress there would be kinda weird.
I think modesty should be shown by school girls and boys too.
I am sounding like a dinosaur now I guess. 🙂
 
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