Modesty on the 'Net

Since my post about Christa Taylor.com, a retail website that offers modestly trendy clothing, I have come across more modesty-related news and websites. (Thanks to MInTheGap, whose search, accessed through my stat counter, led me down several other modesty trails.)

Please note: while it may be that not everything in each of the following linked sites falls within the bounds of modesty according to my definition or yours, small changes eventually led to great change.

Modesty on the WWC Campus offers links to modesty resources including modesty-driven retailers Down East Basics, Modbe Clothing, Shade Clothing, and the aforementioned Christa Taylor.

In modesty news, an 18 year old high school graduate won the Catholic Standard and Times' Modest Fashion Design Contest. Caroline Boyk is an upcoming artist who plans to study graphic illustration. She combined her artistic talent with her modest dress standards to create the winning design. It is heartening to see modesty encouraged an embraced.

According to US News.com, Britney Spears and other celebrities have negatively impacted fashion standards to the point that people are creating their own lines of modest apparel: think Shade Clothing and MikaRose. I applaud these entrepreneurs!

Modesty Zone is a website devoted to, you guessed it, modesty. Keep up with modesty-related news with their What We Are Reading page.

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Modest yet trendy apparel - finally!

I was thrilled by an e-mail I received last week via my contact form at my personal blog, The Porch Light. In it, Mr. Taylor asked me to take a look at a new website offering modest, trendy, cute clothing. He stated that this business is owned and operated by a Christian family who is "committed to contributing at least 30% of [their] profits to extending the gospel and social justice around the world." Immediately intrigued by the premise of the business, for modest clothing is often not cute, I hurried off to take a look.

I was very pleased with what I found. Christa Taylor.com offers cutely modest clothing in Juniors and Misses sizes. Prices are comparable to that of clothing in department stores. For being a new site, I thought they had a good variety of clothing from which to choose. I assume that they will add more items as they continue to build their site. Their collections include skirts, dresses, tops, accessories, and swimwear. Some of my favorite pieces are their brown eyelet skirt ($30), long paneled denim skirt ($29), and the Kenziegirl dress ($49, available in white and lead).

Go ahead and take a look. I think you, too, will be pleased with their clothing. I know I'm bookmarking Christa Taylor.com and will visit often.

logo courtesy of Christa Taylor.com