Author Topic: Modesty and how to dress (Read 33248 times)

clare · « **Reply #85 on:** September 17, 2010, 02:24:38 PM »

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If I've been sitting down, and then I try to stand up, the hem of my skirt is caught under my heel dragging me down so I have to plonk myself back on my chair! Most inelegant!

They can be a trip hazard on stairs, as well.

Clare, you forgot the embarrassing hazard. You know, the one that happens with a skirt that has an elastic waistband and how after a trip to the ladies, the back of the skirt gets bunched up under the waistband, therefore exposing a lot more then just a little bit of leg.

Actually, that reminds me of something that happened to me a few months ago.

I had just come out of the ladies' loo after Mass, and was turning to exit the chapel, when the priest came up to me, tapped me on the shoulder and said very discreetly, "You might like to re-arrange your skirt!"

Fortunately, it was quite a voluminous skirt, and I had dark tights on anyway, so it wasn't too embarrassing!

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #86 on:** September 17, 2010, 04:15:32 PM »

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Anyhow, my point is:

A skirt which reaches more than "scarcely a bit" below the knee, ie three, four + inches, is not immodest.

It is therefore wrong to turn away a woman from confession who is not dressed immodestly.

So St Pio was wrong to turn away women whose skirts reached more than "scarcely a bit" but less than eight inches below the knee.

I do not know of any traditional priests who follow his example in this matter.

If you know another priest that could tell what you were wearing without even SEEING you, then I'd be convinced of what you're saying.

Padre Pio could SEE YOU WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOU. Do you understand the significance of that?!

clare · « **Reply #87 on:** September 17, 2010, 04:24:21 PM »

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Padre Pio could SEE YOU WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOU. Do you understand the significance of that?!

He could bi-locate, I know that much!

Is it a fact that he knew what women were wearing without seeing them beforehand?

I've often wondered how he knew, but he may have noticed them in the queue as he was going to the confessional.

innocenza · « **Reply #88 on:** September 17, 2010, 06:22:46 PM »

Re: covering the legs

Sheer nylon stockings were at one time an innovation, one which was intended to, and generally does, make women's legs look more attractive. Of course, today everything is different; but when I was a high schooler, a few of us girls had a laugh over the fact that a 40ish man teacher was giving one of the girls pointers on how to dress for going up on stage during assembly. He told her, "High heels -- and stockings, no socks!" I remember another girl classmate remarking, "Only slobs wear socks!" Because back then, many of us usually did wear them to high school. I also remember one of the old-time fashion designers stating that a woman's legs should be in sheer stockings for 'femininity', not bare.

It has always been my sense that opaque or thick hose are rather frumpy, compared to nylon. I think this was what Padre Pio was thinking.

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #89 on:** September 17, 2010, 06:44:13 PM »

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Padre Pio could SEE YOU WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOU. Do you understand the significance of that?!

He could bi-locate, I know that much!

Is it a fact that he knew what women were wearing without seeing them beforehand?

I've often wondered how he knew, but he may have noticed them in the queue as he was going to the confessional.

The confession lines were hours and hours long. Sometimes, he would spend the entire day in there, and also, I'm sure he didn't count how many people before he said "Oh are you the one in this dress? I noticed you before, your dressed immodestly."

No, no. He knew because it was a gift, and if you read the statement I quoted him to have said before, about Our Lord demanding he turn them away, and being very sad for doing so, I doubt it was because he observed them in queue.