Attractive and modest clothing

[faerieevaH]

Just wanted to alert you ladies to the coldwater creek, under 25 dollars sale.

Coldwater Creek outlet

Also, mika rose has some very pretty dresses. The sales prices are pretty reasonable.

MIKAROSE ~ Modest Dresses ~ Modest C

 

[colleen]

They have some awesome stuff on sale!

 

[Ame4]

Very nice, thank you!

 

[Michie]

I like this dress. Nice to wear around the house or whatever.

I wish it was a different color though. Coldwater Creek

http://www.coldwatercreek.com/Products/Product.aspx?productid=39664&ensembleid=45526#pageTop

 

[Rois]

hmm there's an outlet near me, I need clothes like that for work. I hate trying to guess sizes online though....

 

[Ame4]

I like this dress. Nice to wear around the house or whatever.

I wish it was a different color though. Coldwater Creek

That is very nice, but for me I don't want any emphasis on my waist

 

[Michie]

Oh my gosh!

I love, love, love this dress. Reminds me of a late 40's style. I might have to order this one.

Ariana [Style #4205] - $49.99 : Mikarose,, ~ Modest Dresses ~ Modest Apparel ~ Modest Clothing ~

 

[MoNiCa4316]

I really like this one

Alice [Style# 9105] - $44.99 : Mikarose,, ~ Modest Dresses ~ Modest Apparel ~ Modest Clothing ~

 

[CruciFixed]

Ugh I love dresses but my husband hates them. I can't wear dresses without him saying "Why are you trying to be all formal or whatever when you know you are not formal?"

But they are nice!

 

[faerieevaH]

Maybe you can explain him that they're not formal, but just a girly thing? Of course chose a non formal dress when you do that! *L* I wear dresses and skirts about 90 percent of the time, not out of any special conviction other than that I like them.

 

[colleen]

Ariana [Style #4205] - $49.99 : Mikarose,, ~ Modest Dresses ~ Modest Apparel ~ Modest Clothing ~

That's super cute! I got a similar dress at Macy's last summer in black eyelet. It was so comfy, and still looked nice for walking around Rome.

 

[Antigone]

Oh my gosh!

I love, love, love this dress. Reminds me of a late 40's style. I might have to order this one.

Ariana [Style #4205] - $49.99 : Mikarose,, ~ Modest Dresses ~ Modest Apparel ~ Modest Clothing ~

I have a dress like that, but shorter. I wear it over pants or leggings.

 

[Globalnomad]

I don't see what's particularly modest about the two dresses that have been shown on this thread. They are perfectly normal, lovely Euro-chic pieces such as any "secular" classy lady would wear. One is even sleeveless.... By the way, what's wrong with the colour? I think it's its best feature!

 

[faerieevaH]

Why should modest dressing not look 'normal' ? *L* I believe part of modest clothing is that it should not be like wearing a billboard that says 'look how modest I am'. I do not want to atract attention to 'look how modest she is dressed' I just don't want to dress in a way that is designed to provoke lust. And most of the time, with a little bit of searching, that is pretty easy to find in mainstream shops.
I try to wear things that are beautiful but keep to certain standards, not more than two fingers above the knee, no bare shoulders, and I am trying to avoid cleavage. With some dresses that means wearing a little camisole underneath.

 

[colleen]

I agree with Eva. I don't see anything immodest about the dresses posted. They are beautiful without showing off thighs, breasts, etc. I'm always happy to see dresses that aren't strapless, or have very thin straps as I want to have my shoulders and upper arms covered.

I would love nothing more than to see those type of dresses become the new fad. It would make it easier for me to find them, and it would be a lot more women dressing modestly

 

[Globalnomad]

Funny. I've never in my life worn dresses that showed more skin than these (reason: fat upper arms and thighs, not modesty!), but I have never noticed any problem with finding clothes like these, in any shop, in Europe or in the US. Have clothing styles changed so much in the US these last ten years?

 

[faerieevaH]

Actually, I think it is a bit easier now that I am 'over a certain age', but yes.. in my late teens and twenties, I really had to look pretty deliberately to find clothes that were not 'old lady clothes' and not overly revealing.

 

[colleen]

Funny. I've never in my life worn dresses that showed more skin than these (reason: fat upper arms and thighs, not modesty!), but I have never noticed any problem with finding clothes like these, in any shop, in Europe or in the US. Have clothing styles changed so much in the US these last ten years?

For me, I have the most trouble finding dresses. Most dresses made here have no straps/sleeves or thin straps. That's an easy fix as I can just put a cardigan over thinner straps. The two other biggest problems are length and neck length. I don't want to show cleavage so if I can fit a cammi underneath I do that, but I prefer to find neck lengths that don't need something underneath to keep the dress modest. And, finally dress length. I don't like dresses that go above my knees, and since I'm 5 foot 8 even dresses that are meant to go to the knee on average height girls will be too short for me.

 

[CruciFixed]

Maybe you can explain him that they're not formal, but just a girly thing? Of course chose a non formal dress when you do that! *L* I wear dresses and skirts about 90 percent of the time, not out of any special conviction other than that I like them.

I never do wear formal dresses. Besides I only own one dress and its a blue Jersey Dress. Perfectly casual.

But he still hates dresses ah well.

 

[Globalnomad]

Colleen, sounds like you need to learn to sew! (Actually, you already do, don't you?) Dresses are easy - I've never tried, except for my daughter when she was small, but my grandmother and mother whipped up lots of summer dresses for themselves and me back in the 50s and 60s. They used incredibly chic fabrics (we were living in Rome, so the choice was fabulous!) and the results were very elegant.