All the Mormon Ladies

Now sing that title to Beyonces "Single Ladies!"

Whoa, it has been a long time without blogging. Well, here is a random thought. Just bare with me.

I love to wear modest long shorts/skirts with long tops. It looks good on my body type. I am pretty tall and thin so the length in clothing doesn’t make me look shorter or any less shapely. Actually it makes me more so because the additional fabric layers to make more false curves in my otherwise not-so-curvy body shape. But what does make me look a fashion fool is most mid-height neck lines that typically fall below the collar bone by no further than a inch. You know, the ones most Mormon ladies wear if they haven’t chosen a high neck line garment for the day. I have a long neck and extremely long torso; a mid-height neck line makes it look like my boobs have been melted. So what do I do? I wear a high neck line or show a minute amount of cleavage with a lower neck line.

This has leaded me to not think ill of a Mormon woman showing a little cleavage. I know to a lot of people, like the one lady in my Ward who always gives me dirty looks on my cleavage days, it may matter, but really, my undergarments are more than covered so I don’t really care. I still have many callings and respect from my leaders. Obviously I am not TOO offensive.

But this last Sunday a woman in my Ward wore a dress that was about 3 1/2 inches off the knee. My first thought was how immodest this person was and confusion on how were certain garments weren’t showing. But then I thought about it and realized I was being judgmental. This dress looked AMAZING on her. It showed off her legs perfectly without being risqué. With her body type her bottom garments would come up higher; just like how my garments on my top naturally lay really low due to my body type. Though, I couldn’t have a dress that high off the knee modestly because of how my own garments tend to lay on my body shape.

That instant made me realize that we all have different body types that can “get away” with different things. Most, I imagine, judge more harshly what they themselves cannot get away with. Also, some can’t help some things, such as women with bigger breasts will always battle their revealing necklines. As LDS sisters, we have to keep this in mind. As long as it is not blatantly distasteful and against modestly standards we need to make a fuss within our internal or external selves.

This is my personal opinion. If it covers, it’s cool. If it doesn’t show the stitching in your bra, underwear lines, or the article of clothing isn’t struggling to stay in its intended shape- it isn’t too tight. As Mormon women we need not to dress ourselves in bags and treat our bodies like something shameful. Too many LDS women have this idea that modesty is dressing in things as shapeless and baggy as our male counterparts. We are allowed to look good AS WOMEN and that means more than simply wearing a skirt or dress. Personally, I feel best when I look sexy. No, I don’t want to steal the hearts of men other than my husband, but it just makes me feel beautiful. Sexy doesn’t always mean mini-skirts, ultra cleavage and tube tops. It just means you look hot by dressing to your body type. End. Of. Story.