Author Topic: Modesty and how to dress (Read 33198 times)

MrsZ · « **Reply #120 on:** September 20, 2010, 06:59:50 PM »

Some women cannot wear "nice" long hair because of health problems, sometimes caused by illness, sometimes caused by poor nutrition. Other times it's because they've never learned to use certain products or styling appliances to make it look as nice as possible.

My hair tends toward frizzy because it's both fine and wavy. When I use a flattening iron or hot rollers, I get decent results.

Sometimes just washing, conditioning, letting it dry and putting it in a braid and atop one's head is the best you can do. And maybe it's best for the hair in the long run.

I understand that short hair on women has been the norm after the age of 40 since the 1920's. But prior to that, all women had long hair, young and old. How one styled one's hair had to do with age and state in life. Young girls wore it down ... older girls (teens) began wearing it up as they became more mature ... and there were various ways of braiding or fixing one's hair ... but it was up in most cases.

Today's older women associate aging with short hair. So many ladies diminish their looks by some of the hair styles they choose as they get older. So many are very unflattering. I sometimes imagine them wearing a nice bun and think that for most their faces and profiles would look better.

God Bless,
MrsZ

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #121 on:** September 23, 2010, 08:31:04 PM »

Quote from: MrsZ

Some women cannot wear "nice" long hair because of health problems, sometimes caused by illness, sometimes caused by poor nutrition. Other times it's because they've never learned to use certain products or styling appliances to make it look as nice as possible.

My hair tends toward frizzy because it's both fine and wavy. When I use a flattening iron or hot rollers, I get decent results.

Sometimes just washing, conditioning, letting it dry and putting it in a braid and atop one's head is the best you can do. And maybe it's best for the hair in the long run.

I understand that short hair on women has been the norm after the age of 40 since the 1920's. But prior to that, all women had long hair, young and old. How one styled one's hair had to do with age and state in life. Young girls wore it down ... older girls (teens) began wearing it up as they became more mature ... and there were various ways of braiding or fixing one's hair ... but it was up in most cases.

Today's older women associate aging with short hair. So many ladies diminish their looks by some of the hair styles they choose as they get older. So many are very unflattering. I sometimes imagine them wearing a nice bun and think that for most their faces and profiles would look better.

God Bless,
MrsZ

There's one lady I know that's hair almost resembles an afro-- meaning it's really frizzy and when it is grown out long, it poofs out kinda like this.

So she wears it short. I can understand that.

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #122 on:** September 24, 2010, 12:52:42 AM »

I agree with Telesphorus on the women and pants issue. It also seems to me that a woman wearing pants would be a hindrance to marriage for a Catholic man because of the example that could be given to possible future children someday. I find this issue of women and pants especially disheartening when even women who claim to be traditional Catholics are still alright with even the notion of women wearing pants. It is one thing for a traditional Catholic woman to have difficult time to break the habit of wearing pants and yet still having the proper understanding that it is not proper for a woman to wear pants, but it is another thing for a woman to keep wearing pants and think it is alright. I really do admire especially when I do seem girls and women wear modest dresses. It is still something not always seen in our times.

JoanScholastica · « **Reply #123 on:** September 24, 2010, 06:39:06 PM »

Hey, Keph, nice to see you around... :applause:

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #124 on:** September 24, 2010, 09:36:57 PM »

Quote from: JoanScholastica

Hey, Keph, nice to see you around... :applause:

Hi, JS. Thank you. :)