Modest Women's Dressing

Women's dress used to interest me a lot, primarily because I found it lacking in any kind of sense, rationality. The sole objective of the dress was to wear too much (or too little) of it, make it obsolete faster than a new piece of software and create many different variants from a basic style. 

For example, you have the pants and a shirt, then you have the pants (which reach till the knee or calves and a shirt and a skirt), then you have the bikini. All of these (and hundreds of other variants of these) are formed from the same basic design with some pieces of dress made 1. shorter 2. longer 3. slightly different 4. eliminated. And there is a hoopla around this industry from New York to Paris to Milan to Mumbai referring to a few words (I guess they are French) "avant le Garde" and "Haute Le Couture". I can only silently tap my forefinger against my temple and shake my head sadly when I hear about women's dress.

Many colleges in Chennai have a dress code imposed on women in the city. And guess what, women (in their teens and early 20's at the maximum) have been up in arms against the establishment crying foul. Women believe that it's their constitutional right to wear (or not) what they please. Now these are the same women who complain of eve teasing. They believe it's a fair expectation to be not teased. Sure, just as it's a fair expectation to not have your house stolen. But would you keep your house open when you go on a vacation? Right, try explaining this to women.

Having said that, today I came across on article about what (woman's) modest dressing is all about. I liked it a lot but for the fact that it keeps dragging Christianity into it. I wonder what religion has to do with dressing. (When do we understand that good sense is religion agnostic?)

If I overlook the religious stuff in the article it makes good reading and explains nicely what modest dressing is all about http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2007/02/the-responsibility-of-modesty-part-two/. (In a lighter vein: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=311971462163479&set=a.190990430928250.52403.130067003687260&type=1&theater)

I never thought I would like to read anything written by a feminist until I read this: http://fearlesslyfeminine.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html. Thanks BLBLBLBL.

BLBLBLBL refers to a close relative of hers who insists that my friend not wear cheap dress. And that a dress should be "heavy" meaning it should have lots of embroidery, made in silk and be heavy. That got me thinking. How would I look in shorts tailored that way?