Source: https://secondexodus.com/home/companions/elegant-modesty/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 11:04:28+00:00

Document:
Young women are particularly focused on their appearance in order to attract men. This is the biggest market for retail clothing! For decades now clothing marketed to women, particularly the teen/college age group, is designed to emphasize the sexual availability of the wearer – not the sexuality, the availability. Understanding the desire of women to attract men, one must also realize how men think. Women who dress to send the signal of a cheap eyeful, or an easy one-night stand, will attract men who want this. Do these men care what is in the head or the heart of that woman? Unlikely.
Summing it up, how would a “summer colored” woman dress on a pleasant autumn day for classes at a large university, when, in addition to productive study, she hopes to attract the authentic gentleman with whom she might have a happy future?
Flat shoes – dark brown slip-ons, for example, are comfortable for walking between classes.
Sweaters can be worn loosely about the shoulders as the day warms.
What does our college student do once she has caught the eye of that intriguing young man? She smiles! Now he sees the virtuous, vivacious woman he has been seeking, and is encouraged to say hello!
Instead of a high-hip length cardigan, use a longer cardigan that hits around mid thigh, with vertical knit-in ribs.
use flat sandals (not tacky flip-flops!) instead of shoes.
Ditch the hosiery, but keep the skirt length. The swish will cool you as you walk.
Trade the cardigan for a lightweight woven shirt – open at front for that vertical line.
Slacks in the correct neutral might be appropriate if they are slightly loose and your derriere is concealed beneath a long coat or sweater.
Denim jeans can also work IF they are in relatively new condition.
See my suggested links below for other online stores that feature elegantly modest formal wear.
9. What should I wear for swimming and at the beach?
Lands’ End (online) and Penney‘s have a huge selection of attractive, modest one-piece and two-piece swim-wear.
A swim skirt over a one-piece in your best color is both modest and appropriate — in the water.
Out of the water, wear the swim cover-up you brought – a batik print caftan, for example, that hits near or below the knees.
A hairband or headscarf will keep your wet tresses out of your way, as well as adding height and elegance!
I thought that continence arose from one’s own powers, which I did not recognize in myself. I was foolish enough not to know that no one can be continent unless you grant it. For you would surely have granted it if my inner groaning had reached your ears and I with firm faith had cast my cares on you.
§ 2521 Purity requires modesty, an integral part of temperance. Modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means refusing to unveil what should remain hidden. It is ordered to chastity to whose sensitivity it bears witness. It guides how one looks at others and behaves toward them in conformity with the dignity of persons and their solidarity.
§ 2522 Modesty protects the mystery of persons and their love. It encourages patience and moderation in loving relationships; it requires that the conditions for the definitive giving and commitment of man and woman to one another be fulfilled. Modesty is decency. It inspires one’s choice of clothing. It keeps silence or reserve where there is evident risk of unhealthy curiosity. It is discreet.
§ 2523 There is a modesty of the feelings as well as of the body. It protests, for example, against the voyeuristic explorations of the human body in certain advertisements, or against the solicitations of certain media that go too far in the exhibition of intimate things. Modesty inspires a way of life which makes it possible to resist the allurements of fashion and the pressures of prevailing ideologies.
§ 2524 The forms taken by modesty vary from one culture to another. Everywhere, however, modesty exists as an intuition of the spiritual dignity proper to man. It is born with the awakening consciousness of being a subject. Teaching modesty to children and adolescents means awakening in them respect for the human person.
§ 2525 Christian purity requires a purification of the social climate. It requires of the communications media that their presentations show concern for respect and restraint. Purity of heart brings freedom from widespread eroticism and avoids entertainment inclined to voyeurism and illusion.
§ 2526 So called moral permissiveness rests on an erroneous conception of human freedom; the necessary precondition for the development of true freedom is to let oneself be educated in the moral law. Those in charge of education can reasonably be expected to give young people instruction respectful of the truth, the qualities of the heart, and the moral and spiritual dignity of man.
Questions on Fashion in Ladies’ Dress Catholic, and thorough!
Refinement, grace, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners. Tasteful opulence in form, decoration, or presentation.
Restraint and grace of style. The essence of “elegant modesty” is refinement, grace and propriety in dress and behavior.
The state or quality of being modest.
Reserve or propriety in speech, dress, or behavior.

References: § 2521

§ 2522

§ 2523

§ 2524

§ 2525

§ 2526