It is interesting what passes for fashionable clothing nowadays.
Today, after my long delayed post partum check up went shopping for dd’s birthday present. At the doctor’s clinic I saw a pregnant lady barely covered in the slip of a dress she wore. The fabric was thin and she had more than half of her erm…assets exposed. Then at Robinsons, I saw a sales assistant exposing more than half her bum while squatting down to clear out stocks from a floor level cabinet.
Why oh why do women dress like that??? What ever happened to modesty?
Sadly this mode of dressing is so common that I guess most people have become de-sensitised to it. Afterall I see variations of the same theme in people going to work and in schools and churches.
Well call me fuddy duddy and boring and conservative but I hate the fact that many women dress with no concept of modesty. It used to be that only street walkers dressed as skimpily as possible to show off their “wares” but nowadays it seems that everyone is doing it. Well, everyone except me! 🙂
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Last week, I was at NTUC in Tampines and saw a very pregnant woman. She was probably already 8-9 months pregnant. I know it’s beautiful to be pregnant, but she was wearing an “under the tummy” type of pants, which was sitting really really low below her tummy (like just above her crotch) and her tight t-shirt top was only covering her up to her belly button. So her whole tummy protruding below her naval to above her crotch was exposed. I actually looked away because I was embarrassed!
And this morning at breakfast at a coffee shop, i saw not 1 but 2 women exposing their boobs! This is at 9plus in the morning mind you! *Faint!*
Yes, how true, what this world has become.. Have seen many of these women, preggy or not, flaunting their assets.. It’s really an eyesore! And it’s sad to see some church goers on Sunday, dressed like that 🙁 Do they know what’s “modesty”, haiz.. I dunno..
Well, I for one is a fuddy duddy, but if it pleases the Lord, that’s all we need:)
I think women who dress in a way that exposes their bodies have a problem with self-worth. They know it draws attention, and they assess their worth by the attention they get. It is embarrassing and sad, and it makes me want to take them aside and tell them that they are more than body parts and physical assets!
Can I offer a different perspective? I was so HUGE that all my clothes will ride up. I hated over-the-belly pants cos they were extremely uncomfortable for me. So no matter what, some skin will show. It did not help that these days, maternity clothes are made such that they are supposed to be wearable even when you are not pregnant. That is SO NOT TRUE cos when you are NOT pregnant and try to wear them, they make you look like you are pregnant. Argh! I griped about the neither-her-nor-there kind of of situation so much the last time. I dislike tentage looking maternity wear cos it makes a very HUGE me look like a house on legs. Not to mention they usually come in cutie prints and big bows. *Shudder*
No you are not a fuddy duddy… I actually LEARNED how to to sew skirts for my 2 girls cos i could not find a single one below around mid thigh…
i saw something in church last sunday tt made me think of this post. we were queueing to take communion. a non-too slim lady wearing a mid thigh dress got up on the stage, got into position n when she kneeled down her dress flared up and i saw her black panties! i was sooo embarrassed for her and wondered if everyone in teh queue saw what i just saw. to make things worse, when she got up fr the kneeling position she flashed her panties again! shudder!
but having said all tt, my 1st reaction to your post was tt modesty is relative. you might find me slightly immodest as i do like hipster jeans (more flattering) n i don’t mind showing a tiny bit of cleavage in a V-neck top. and when i nurse, i use the sling n don’t mind flashing a bit of belly skin tho i do try to cover up as much as possible.
also, after i read your post we went on a trip to trengganu. at the 1st hotel where i stayed at the kiddy pool was packed with malay families. the ladies were dressed head to toe, not a bit of skin showed. some of the men, too. i felt exposed tho my swimsuit is quite modest – it’s a pair of boy cut shorts n a tank top. dh was in swimming trunks n i actually told him to put on shorts. i noticed there were very few ladies in swimsuits or men in trunks, they were mostly in long pants.
so perhaps live n let live? but that flash of panties in church crossed my limit, as tolerant as i am.
Well modesty is of course relative when the yardstick is often being pushed further and further away by the doyens of the fashion industry. I shall address this in another post 🙂