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How to protest today's skimpy dresses


Yes i would like an old-fashioned trend
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No, I would be embarrassed to wear that
  11% (5)
That's going to an extreme
  62% (28)
It's better than what we have now
  8% (4)


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How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/2/2008 11:11:13 PM   
Dragonnie


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with women's fashion today making women and young girls look like prostitutes, how's about a return to this type of modest stuff? you'd have 2 sew it urself.

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/2/2008 11:24:35 PM   
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Ahahahahahahahahaha...hahahahahahaha...ha

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/2/2008 11:35:31 PM   
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I voted
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Yes i would like an old-fashioned trend
Because it would be hilariously wonderful and surreal to see women, at say, the market for instance, wearing those. It would be like performance art.

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/2/2008 11:38:10 PM   
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Nope - that's really going to extremes

Not me. Maybe in a theatre performance but not for everyday!

I like my jeans and sweaters, thank you very much.

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/2/2008 11:41:01 PM   
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Some of the balls gowns are pretty racy, what with the bare shoulders and all.

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/2/2008 11:49:16 PM   
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I voted, Yes i would like an old-fashioned trend
I really like most of those styles, and I would wear them; but give me the style of the 1950's any day of the week. My problem is I can't sew --- not something like clothing anyways. Whatever happened to the talented/gifted form fitting Dressmakers anyway? What I really miss is nice looking, stylish house dresses; I can't find any.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 12:16:50 AM   
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Both of those pictures made me wonder where Pa Wilder was.

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 3:09:57 AM   
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Are you joking?
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 5:11:05 AM   
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Maybe to a halloween party....................



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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 9:04:20 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: musicboss11

Are you joking?

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ORIGINAL: HisLamb26
Maybe to a halloween party....................


Oh... Come-on.... you guys have got to be joking, you actually like this trashy look (2008_new_styles_ladies_dresses):
HERE

I'm 67 years old and counting, I wouldn't wear this stuff --- even to a halloween party.
But I would wear this:
HERE
And there is Nothing wrong with the modest stuff the OP pictured; with some alterations they'd be great for today!! Same as the 50's styles would be.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 9:07:32 AM   
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You can look decently modest and wear fashionable clothing if you take the time to do so.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 9:33:11 AM   
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Of course you can. If being modest includes not drawing attention to oneself, clothing like that in the OP isn't even an option.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:02:59 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Dragonnie

with women's fashion today making women and young girls look like prostitutes, how's about a return to this type of modest stuff? you'd have 2 sew it urself.

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well, this i might wear

it's kinda saucy! love the fishnets and the boots.

or even this. i really like this!

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:04:23 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Miss Giggles

You can look decently modest and wear fashionable clothing if you take the time to do so.

quote:

ORIGINAL: stellaluna
Of course you can. If being modest includes not drawing attention to oneself, clothing like that in the OP isn't even an option.

I said, with some alterations, so that one would not draw attention to oneself in this day and age; such as hem-line being cut to at least 1-1/2 inches below the knee cap, and get rid of the ruffles and frillies.
None-the-less, How about showing some samples of what you call "fashionable clothing" in todays culture --- in everyday wear; Not business attire or evening wear, and Not pants or tight sweaters.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:05:50 AM   
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Pat,
If you like the Little House on the Prairie look more power to you....

Me-I can't imagine how that getup would work for me while I'm tracing cable in a dirty wiring closet at work, lifting weights at the gym, or hiking with my kids on a warm fall day.

Specific to the OP-Howdoesthanksbutnothanksgrabyou?



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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:11:47 AM   
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I just did a quick perusal of Target's website and found lots of nice things that are perfectly modest. A trip to any mall would reveal the same.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:13:10 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: elastic

quote:

ORIGINAL: Dragonnie

with women's fashion today making women and young girls look like prostitutes, how's about a return to this type of modest stuff? you'd have 2 sew it urself.

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well, this i might wear

it's kinda saucy! love the fishnets and the boots.

or even this. i really like this!

"kinda saucy"?? You call THAT "modest stuff? Good-Grief, every bodies a comedian.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:15:34 AM   
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quote:

"kinda saucy"?? You call THAT "modest stuff? Good-Grief, every bodies a comedian.


i didn't call it modest stuff. i'm not the one who provided links to that 'modest' site. i just said what i would wear from that site....and i might also add, that i would only wear them to a costume party or a ball or something, not in everyday life. all those clothes are way over the top to wear just on a normal day, plus who has closet space for all of that poofiness?

not me.

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:21:34 AM   
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ORIGINAL: stellaluna

I just did a quick perusal of Target's website and found lots of nice things that are perfectly modest. A trip to any mall would reveal the same.

UGH I don't do Taget, WalMart, k-Mart, or the likes --- Style or fashion is only one of the many things they do not have!!!!!! Least-wise not around here or on the Web. --- IMHO.

Have a Great day, I'm out of here, got to go tend to my grand-daughter, and get some housework done.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:21:50 AM   
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seriously?

There's a reason those 200 lb dresses are not worn today in the south...about 110 degrees of reason.

Are we so unbalanced and/or pharisaical that we feel forced to go to such extremes?

Good grits-n-gravy, crack open the bible and read it for yourself when it comes to a modest heart and what to wear.

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 10:50:31 AM   
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There's a reason those 200 lb dresses are not worn today in the south...about 110 degrees of reason.


Ummm...doinkdom...I can assure you those kinds of dresses are not real popular up North either.....



Elastic! Leave it to you to find the ummmm..."Saloon Attire."

You know what they say about ladies that frequent thoses dens of inequity don't you?

Why next thing you know they might be smoking, playing cards, and drinking whiskey!!



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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 11:05:23 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: HisLamb26
quote:

There's a reason those 200 lb dresses are not worn today in the south...about 110 degrees of reason.


Ummm...doinkdom...I can assure you those kinds of dresses are not real popular up North either.....




I was thinking about all those awful hoop skirts and such that were the stereotypical antebellum attire. I've had to wear those when I worked in the tourism industry down here...they are miserable to wear...

Good to know that common sense abounds.

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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 11:09:28 AM   
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I think that ridiculous alternatives don't help anyone's cause but the comedians.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 11:12:49 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Pat-rebel_lady

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I just did a quick perusal of Target's website and found lots of nice things that are perfectly modest. A trip to any mall would reveal the same.

UGH I don't do Taget, WalMart, k-Mart, or the likes --- Style or fashion is only one of the many things they do not have!!!!!! Least-wise not around here or on the Web. --- IMHO.

Have a Great day, I'm out of here, got to go tend to my grand-daughter, and get some housework done.

Well, the website you posted with the example of a "2008" dress only took Western Union for payment, so I didn't take it too seriously as an authority on fashion. My point was, there are plenty of fashionable and modest alternatives available all over the place. I daresay most women on this site dress modestly and don't look like they walked off the Little House on the Prairie set or the cover of a romance novel.
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RE: How to protest today's skimpy dresses - 12/3/2008 11:25:20 AM   
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quote:

You know what they say about ladies that frequent thoses dens of inequity don't you?

Why next thing you know they might be smoking, playing cards, and drinking whiskey!!


hehe....i'm pretty good at all that! except whiskey really isn't my drink. i prefer a nice belgian wheat beer, or perhaps a black and tan.



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