Clothing and modesty

[GreekOrthodox]

There is modesty in my corner of Christianity, but it is a very low key sort. No uniforms unless you are a church deacon etc. The most notable thing we do is the women where decorative head scarves a practice going back to the early church, Judaism, etc. and mentioned once in the epistles. But this little humor video shows the fashions of church folk.

Love "Does Greek Orthodox count?"!! She should try Ionian Village (the big summer camp for the Greeks). One comedian calls it "Presbyteras-R-Us"

 

[Paidiske]

I try to hold myself to the general rule of thumb that I should be more invested in doing good than looking good. That doesn't mean I never wear dressy clothes, or make up, or jewellery, but that I try not to make my appearance the focus of my time, attention, and money.

 

[ViaCrucis]

I was reading about the Quakers the other day...
Some Quakers, practice 'plain dress', there are other groups too who do this in varying degrees, the most famous being the Amish who have a sort of uniform.
But even without very 'distinctive' plain clothing, the Quakers were talking about just wearing clothes without branding, or not wearing a tie... or that sort of thing... Just dressing modestly.

✝️So, I'm wondering what opinions might be about more generally and how Christians feel about these matters?
Do you follow Bible teachings about modesty and how you dress? Jewelry? Make-up? Etc etc?

The mainstream Christian understanding is that modesty is about conduct and how we present ourselves in general; not having anything to do with fashion choices. St. Paul's talk about makeup and jewelry needs to be understood within the framework of ancient Greco-Roman culture. There's nothing wrong with jewlry, makeup, or certain kinds of clothes, or hair styles, etc--it's about conduct and not making ourselves the center of attention.

Modesty isn't about what we wear.

-CryptoLutheran