Standards of Modesty

In an attempt to better understand modesty, modest behavior, and modest dress, I am going to be doing a series on diffrent standards of modesty. We will explore standards of modesty from diffrent religious standpoint: Christian, Jewish, & Islam. We will also have a look at how time and culture has affected standards of modesty.

“A Week In Modesty” Challenge

Modesty! Its rather important to us! But, have you ever sat back and examined your standards of modesty? How your standard was formed? Considered other views of modesty? The annual Modesty Challenge gives each of us a chance to re-think modesty and discuss our finding! This Years Modesty Challenge Begins on April 19th 2010 & [...]

Why I Wore a Modesty Panel

    I was in a wedding recently, where all the bridesmaids were sent their dresses.  I loved my dress! It was a beautiful light blue, mid-calf length skirt, with a big bow that tied in back. It was definitely a dress I could wear again, for formal dinners and fancy occasions. The only problem [...]

How To Make It Modest

There are quite a few companies that sell clothing that is especially geared towards modest clothing, some of which we have reviewed on Is This Modest? (DownEast Basics, The Skirt Site, etc.). These are great companies to have access to, and to support with our money. However, there can be reasons for not always or [...]

He Loves Us.

I sit here in my chair, at my computer, depressed. I’ve sinned against God. Yet again. I seem to be doing this on a regular basis, and I continually wonder what God sees in me. What have I done that makes God want me? Is it because I champion for female modesty, something that goes [...]

Our Real Focus

I’ve come to a sudden conclusion tonight: We seem to have the wrong focus on modesty. To use a biological metaphor - we seem be focusing more on the symptoms of modesty, and less on the source. We seem to have forgotten the real reason that we should be modest: that Christ be glorified through us. Everything [...]

The Subjectiveness and Objectiveness of Modesty

I went to a very conservative Christian highschool, and each year we had an annual tradition (yes, that phrase is redundant; Sue me) – Beach day. At the end of each year, the entire school took a “field trip” to the beach, to do whatever we wanted. But, there was a dress code. We were [...]

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