An Elevated Standard
It’s funny. For all the discussion of modesty and it being subjective, the world around us certainly has a set of rules that it enforces when it comes to modesty. Take the average company’s dress code: Our public schools and places of work set appropriate dress codes. Below is a typical dress code I copied [...]
Fashioned By Faith
Marcia at eHomebody asks, Is This How Christians Portray Modesty? So, I figure that’s the perfect question for us. What is she seeing? This is a masculine look—white dress shirt and blue jeans—though I think that women can look cute in this kind of attire. The jeans are tight, which is one of her main [...]
Breasts and Belly Buttons Are Not Evil
I’m sure you women already know that! However, that’s the lead off of this paragraph that I found fascinating from Sam Keller’s post, Conversations with my Pastor (Husband): Breasts and belly buttons are not evil. Dressing to tempt and lure is. There is no shame in being voluptuous and it doesn’t make a woman less [...]
The Necessity of Restriction (and Ranting)
As most of you have already noticed, being a modesty blogger, I don’t really talk much about the problems I see everywhere with sexuality as much as I talk about what inspires me in my clothing. If you highly doubt that I am not aware of these problems, because I have built my entire blog [...]
Blog Carnival for December 25th 2010
December 25, 2010 by MInTheGap
Filed under Carnival, Sakura Rose
Welcome to the Carnival of Modesty for December 25th 2010: A Healthy Relationship and How to Have One « Ruby-Eyed Okapi – I want to paint a picture of what a healthy relationship is. The truth is you’ll never find any person who is going to fulfill all your desires. Do you want someone who [...]
Beat the Status Quo Heat
The first few months after surrendering to modest fashion were not easy. I was especially not a fan of summer months as just over a year ago, I had been bearing it all out with the least clothing I could wear on my body to keep myself cool and circulated. Summer was and is the [...]
What Motivates Young Christian Ladies to Be Modest?
When we asked the readers of Is This Modest this question, they gave us an interesting response: Why Motivates Christian Young Ladies to be Modest? Keep Christian Brothers from Stumbling (82.0%, 28 Votes) Focus on the Inside (26.0%, 9 Votes) What Would Jesus Wear? (21.0%, 7 Votes) Holier than Thou (12.0%, 4 Votes) Don’t You [...]
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