This is interesting. I’m not sure how I feel about modesty as a value for myself, but if I had a daughter, I might be really on to this.
Anyway, their clothes are fairly cute and reasonably priced for the basics. Might be worth checking out.
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May 6, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Stew
There’s something about the site that bothers me. Not the clothes; they’re cute and fine. It’s the agenda behind the site that I’m not so agreeable about.
Nothing is wrong with being modest in your dress. It’s the way I roll by default. But *encouraging* excessive modesty as a value in itself smacks of paternalism (even coming from a female designer…). Bodies are bad and something we should be ashamed of. Sewing sleeves on sleeveless dresses?? What, is a little upper arm going to turn a girl into Slutty McSlutterson? Does the skin that covers the humerus hold magical powers to turn men into raging rapists? This does a disservice to both men and women.
Every part of a woman’s body is sexual, and we MUST COVER UP AT ALL COSTS!
Oops. Rubbed me the wrong way. Ah well, nobody ever claimed I was without opinions.
May 6, 2008 at 5:43 pm
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Yeah, I said it was kind of weird. Thanks for articulating the weirdness.
I guess in my opinion I see these young girls today with “less than perfect” figures and I think of them. When a 14 year-old has an unsightly innertube/muffin top because fashions dictate an exposed midriff, I think Molly’s little coverups might be helpful.
But then again, who am I to say a muffin top on a 14 year-old is unsightly? That’s not helping anyone.