tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757052779872556135.post7407161936746649552..comments2022-01-13T08:01:48.503-08:00Comments on Sew Modest Jewish Clothing: Are Layering Shells Kosher or even Modest?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757052779872556135.post-62889958737066324772013-05-13T12:58:30.693-07:002013-05-13T12:58:30.693-07:00My words, exactly. Thank you!!My words, exactly. Thank you!!M&Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095769713300932482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757052779872556135.post-86209125818783942532013-05-13T12:45:54.616-07:002013-05-13T12:45:54.616-07:00Ok let me very frank here. I once asked a posek, w...Ok let me very frank here. I once asked a posek, while normally we want rabbanim to decide halachic parameters, shouldn't the regular baal habayis give the parameters for modesty in women's dress? If a major part of the goal is not to arouse men, shouldn't the typical man (not a holy rabbi and also not an abnormal man) tell you what gets to him? He agreed.<br /><br />Well shells get to me and I don't think I'm abnormal. They are made out of bathing suit material. They are leotards, like those worn by dancers trying to show off their bodies. They are designed to cling to the body. They are like a second skin. They often look better than skin in part because they take on bright and exciting colors and cover any blemishes, all the while clinging to the body and showing it's shape.<br /><br />I never really noticed women's arms before until I started seeing frum women wearing shells, you know the ones that cling to the upper arm.<br /><br />And when women wear their tight shiny bright shells with vests and spaghetti string and other shreds of fabric, the whole look is so immodest and so suggestive of being in a state of undress, it boggles the mind how a woman with frum sensibilities and training in the concept and ideal of modesty cannot notice how completely immodest this look is.<br /><br />Before the shell, women struggled to find modest clothing. Isn't it a little suspicious that all of the sudden it's easy. Just buy any piece of trashy immodest clothing and pair it with a shell. Suddenly it's a breeze! It's that a little odd?<br /><br /><br />Yisraelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992880437775144512noreply@blogger.com