Fashion Industry: Is Modesty Truly a Threat?

There is no way that the fashion industry would ever suffer from diversity, rather, it would suffer more from too less diversity, if anything. In fact, diversity is what drives the industry, and the reason why new trends come up every year, for every season. Modesty is NOT a threat to the fashion industry, only perhaps to the consciences of those within the industry who promote immodest clothing. If the fashion world decided that burqini's were the way to go, many of the fashionable women of the world would be wearing them. The alleged necessity of being sexually provocative in order for fashion to be more popular and more lucrative is a lie, because there are many more driving and prominent reasons for fashion. The shock value of nudism is wearing off because it hardly has no where to grow (we're a culture that sees it all every day -- at the beaches, pools, streets, markets, etc.). The direction fashion has to go now is towards virtue.

I saw a clip from the movie where a fashion editor, played by Stanley Tucci says sarcastically, "Fashion is all about inner beauty." His character here means to point out, via irony, that fashion is 'all about outer beauty.' Well guess what? That's absolutely true, fashion is, in large part, about inner beauty. Fashion designers are very much trying to express a mindset of the woman who wears their clothing. It is not just about the outer beauty to those running the show. One of the first thing that is asked of a designer when he/she presents a new line is, "for what kind of woman is this line intended?" In other words, what is the wearer of these clothes seeking to convey about herself to the world? It is not all about how the clothes fit, but what the woman says about who she is. The trouble is that most designers are more followers than they are leaders. Much of their artistry is restricted by norms more than by invention, because they are always concerned with the direction of fashion.

What designers are not concerned about, however, is the direction of a society in terms of morality. That's why, for now, it's up to you, the individual.

Anyone who thinks that dressing in the fashions that exploit ones sexual person is a way of expressing one's freedom hasn't really thought this argument out very far. We are more than sexual creatures; we are creatures made with feelings that go to more than just the sensual appetites -- we have thoughts and feelings that inarguably penetrate the soul. When an individual expresses this fact in their decorum, they are stating that the core of who they are is significant, and should be regarded as such.