Girls, Teen & College Students: Is modest hottest?

Question

When shopping for clothing, particularly t-shirts/tops, does modesty matter? Do you look for high necklines, long lengths? Or could you care less?
Why or why not?
Please include your age and gender to be considered for the best answer.

Answer 1

I'm a mother of three beautiful girls. As a mother I had to set the example for my girls. I didn't dress ole fashion, but modest and stylish. My girls always dressed beautifully with modest and style. Their makeup also was never caked on, but modest for school along with their hair. Of course, for special occasions, dances and proms their gowns were unique, not one like it, and their makeup was done for the evening look.
I taught the girls that clothes say alot about an individual and how they feel about themselves. You can feel sexy, attractive, and comfortable without having everything showing and falling out. Also, how one dresses is how people treat you. Just sit in a mall and watch how people act and how others react, it's interesting.
What was interesting during their years in High School, many of their friends would ask, "Where do you find your clothes, they are so cute". Also, because of their example some girls even copied their style which was a high compliment to them.
Young girls need to dress with self respect, our bodies are like temples and we need to treat them as such.
I also wish to say that I also taught all my children NEVER to judge others. That we all have choices and with each choice as little as it might be, there will be a consequence; good or bad.
My one daughter even disigned & made her Senior Prom gown. She was beautiful and many girls and adults asked where she bought it.........LOL!!!!! LOL!!!!!!

Answer 2

When I was in high school, I was prudish, VERY conservative.
Right after high school, I let a little loose, but still classy enough to be sexy.

I find it that I get more attention from great, quality guys when it's a sexy but classy outfit. I was blessed with the boob department, so I was always self conscious.
Either way, I look for off the shouldere tops, and if I wear a low neckline, I wear a jacket. I love long sleeve shirts, but when it's hot, I love wearing 3/4 sleeves. I love skirts below the knee with high stilettos, and if I wear a mini skirt, I wear a long sleeve or covered top and jacket to make it balanced. I don't like looking s!utty because I am not one and I do not want that impression.

Me at 17, conservative:
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Here's a pic of me when I was 21, I was more "sexy" but not classy:
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Here is me at 25, still sexy, I have A LOT of off the shoulder tops, but still conservative:
(I'm the one in the hot pink, the farthest one to the left)
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Here is me now, at 27, comfortable being me, and after losing 20 pounds:
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Answer 3

I'm LDS, and I think that modest is hottest!!!!!!!!!
I like clothes that are not revealing, have higher necklines, sleeves, and bottoms that are to the knee, and I won't wear bikinis. You see a lot of clothing nowadays that is more skin than cloth, but you won't see me wearing them! I don't dress a certain way or "sexy" to attract a guy. I want them to like me for my personality, not my body or how much skin they can see. I'm 16, and I know for a fact that you can dress stylish AND be modest at the same time. At my fisrt year of EFY, the young men would call out "modest is hottest!" to all the young women they passed by. This made me feel good because I knew that they respected us enough to see me for ME, not for what I was wearing.

Answer 4

I think modesty matters a lot. In today's society, it is so hard to buy clothing that fits well and looks good. A lot of places sell clothes that are skimpy and slutty. Even for girls and toddlers. It is ridiculous!

I think modesty shows that your care about your body and the way you look. Dressing too provocatively just lets everyone know that you are desperate for attention and don't really care about how you look.

Answer 5

I'm 23 and I shop based on how the clothes will look on me. Something a little more covering is best because I wear a D cup. I find it to be in poor taste when girls dress like they are going to audition for a strip club. Dressing up and showing a little skin is fine but when almost every available inch of your body is being shown if you're an adult its gross: something is bagging, dragging or sagging unless you are very fit and some styles just do not flatter a grown woman. Or you are too young, and look like a child prostitute from some third world country. If you are one of those with a body that hasn't even finished with puberty then all you accomplish by showing skin is making some pedophiles day.
Showing teenaged boys (or most guys at all) how 'sexy' you are makes them want to have sex with you, and not much else. If thats the kind of lifestyle you choose, then the clothing you use to broadcast your availability as an easy lay is warranted.
I wear my necklines low for special occasions where I will be out with friends dressing likewise because I know I will be with a group of my peers and we will look out for one another, but I would never combine cleavage with a short skirt because it seems tacky and desperate. "Look at me!" And I would never dress like that to go out alone. Society has eroded dating into meaningless hook-ups so if a guy likes what he see's there is often nothing to stop him from harrassing you because he's been taught by the media that "sexy girls' are a product, to be used for their entertainment and not much else. There is very little respect for women as people when it comes to social gatherings as far as the teens and twenty's age group is concerned. It seems very 'goal oriented' in that most guys just want to score, and don't really care if they get you pregnant or give you a disease. To me dressing like a tramp is a neon sign that says 'one-night-stand"

In summary, I don't like to go too far because its too much of an attention ploy, and for the wrong kind of attention. I think its gross when someone who isn't fit wears super trendy clothes way too small for them or when I see people my mom's age in Hot Topic clothes, and I think its equally gross to see little girls walking around oblivious to the slimeballs drooling over them.

Answer 6

I think that modesty is very important because the bible commands it. Anybody who dresses like a slut should be treated like one.