Posted on 03/29/2006 12:39:50 PM PST by NYer
LINCOLN, March 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Family Life Office of the Catholic diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, has endorsed a lay-led effort to make more feminine and modest clothing available to women by retailers.
Project Mother’s Day 2006: a Call to Catholic Action, is an undertaking of the lay apostolate, The Leaven that promotes the family and feminine values. The event, says its organizers, is “in honour of the spiritual maternity inherent to the unique, feminine nature and vocation of women.”
Project Mothers’ Day will feature the popular writer and broadcaster, Colleen Hammond, a radio & television talk show host, comedienne, and mother and author of the book Dressing With Dignity. Hammond is a frequent speaker on the preservation of the family and feminine values. A review of her book says, “Gone are the days when women dressed with beauty and charm that accentuated their femininity.”
The review says, “Much of what passes for women’s fashions today appeals to the baser senses of men and women, making it increasingly difficult to maintain the respect that women deserve.”
Juliana Davis, co-founder of The Leaven and organizer of the Lincoln event, says that “secular sexuality vis a vis immodest fashions, contraception, and abortion make a mockery of women.”
“Though I always knew that immodest fashions were insulting, it wasn’t until I read Colleen’s book that I realized immodest fashions are tied to a multi-faceted affront to our sacred dignity," Davis says.
Project Mother’s Day organizers say they hope the event will help empower women to petition area merchants to provide tasteful, modest fashions in keeping with women’s sacred dignity.
“I really hope other grassroots groups will follow suit to begin similar Mother’s Day initiatives,” says Davis
Hammond, who is becoming a one-woman crusader for feminine values, is collecting signatures for a petition to clothing manufacturers to make more tasteful and feminine clothes available through retail outlets. Hammond operates two blogs and a personal website to support her efforts.
Sign the petition:
http://www.colleenhammond.com/petition.html
Visit Colleen Hammond’s Blogs:
Colleen Hammond
http://colleenhammond.blogspot.com/
Dressing With Dignity
http://dressingwithdignity.blogspot.com/
"Personally, I have the opposite problem. Lands end and Eddie Bauer, as well as a lot of the classic places carry only misses and women's sizes. Being short I need junior sizes, and that makes it even more difficult."
Hmm...so you live up to your name...or down to it. [grin]
Junior stuff....that I can't help a lot with, since I have no Junior-sized women in my life. I'm sure there's somewhere, though. If I run across anything, I'll let you know!
"Nothing's new under thew sun. Even Dante 700 yrs ago in his 'Divina Commedia' railed against the indecent female attire of his contemporary Florence. He hoped that the prohibition of too low cut dresses would be solemnly read from all the the pulpits. So the moral decadence must have set even then."
In junior high I found a book on fashion in the middle ages, where some women's dresses had actual cut outs, where the entire breast was indvidually exposed, I was so shocked I had to share it with all my male friends.
This thread is about a call by a Catholic leader for more modest clothing.
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Then let's make the point another way. It is most likely that the Catholic Church has more important issues on its plate to be concerned about, as opposed to attempting to influence the selection of clothing that people make...and I am not anti-Catholic, just a realist.
I buy from Land's End as well, everything from swimwear to casual to business. And they hem to length at no charge, a real advantage to us "stature challenged" women out there.
It isn't ONLY that jeans are super low cut that makes females look like crap when they are worn, it's that fact that most all jeans are what they call boy cut. It is difficult to find jeans that aren't boy cut. Boy cut means, the jeans flatten the butt, and the pockets are sewn on lower. Very very unflattering.
You can't even find Lee classic jeans in smaller sizes anymore. They do make them in womens, but they don't fit. LOL
In other words, lay Catholics in a solid diocese ought to shut up about modesty because some priests are evil?
...and I am not anti-Catholic, just a realist.
Riiiggghtt ... and I'm still married to Anna Kournikova.
That brief 1999 encounter launched Uhlir's Wax On Spa in Seattle, specializing in "the full monty" - commonly known as the Brazilian bikini wax. Wax On - the self-proclaimed "Home of the Brazilian Bikini Wax" - is one of a growing number of salons to offer the Brazilian, which is a very thorough removal of one's pubic hair.
The procedure is not new - it was introduced to New York in 1987 by seven Brazilian-born sisters, who today wax celebs such as Gwyneth Paltrow at their J. Sisters Salon in midtown Manhattan.
Check this page. Land's End has a bunch of jeans in Petite sizes. Not everything in their catalog is in the stores. It might be worth checking out.
http://www.landsend.com/cd/fp/prod/0,,1_2_1930_66639_132370_110817_5:view=48,00.html?CM_MERCH=PAGE_66639&sid=8444166143626119000
That's not stylin',
that's torture.
There's also Talbots, Chadwicks, Chico's etc.
And Goodwill :)
It's called Talbots. It's all over the country.
>> I am not anti-Catholic, just a realist.<<
Uh, no, you're an anti-Catholic bigot, obviously. Please tell: what's the name of the church you attend?
But for the moment I'll keep it in check. Mostly. And let this suffice:
I'm convinced that most women's fashion is inspired by male homosexuals, whose idea of pulchritude is 14 year old boys. Hence, they design clothes that would fit 14 year old boys, but will not fit women at all. Women are curvy and soft (in all the right places). Styles that work with their shape, instead of trying to change it look great. You can't make a lady with hips and a plump rump look like a boy; if you try the result is simply ridiculous. But the queer designers can seem to wrap their perverted minds around that concept.
"I am not anti-Catholic, just a realist.
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Riggghhht....
You pop into a thread about the Catholic Church in NEBRASKA, to post your tripe, then come all innocent about your anti-Catholic screed.
As far as I know, there weren't a whole bunch of cases of priestly sexual abuse in that diocese in the first place. In the second place, that episode is now over, and things have changed a good deal.
I don't know what denomination you call your own, but I would bet a good pile of money that a quick Google search would find a number of youth ministers from your denomination messing with the kids, too. If you don't believe me, just give me a denomination.
Every organization that deals with kids has problems along those lines, from the Boy Scouts to the most conservative protestant denomination.
Save your nonsense for threads that actually involve the subject of sexual abuse by clergy, OK?
"And Goodwill :)
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Ah, Goodwill. My favorite mall. I dropped in there the other day, because my favorite old tweed sports coat had somehow shrunk...and I hadn't even worn it for a long time. [grin]
So, hanging on the rack there was a nice gray wool herringbone tweed one in perfect condition, by a good British tailor, that fit perfectly. I did have to pay $7.99 for it, but hey...what's money?
The same Goodwill also seems to be the drop off point for every piece of unsold or returned clothing from the Super Target just down the road. Bargains galore.
Can't argue! What the ladies need is to have some women come up with their own classic designs and market them to all the department stores. I could guarantee they would sell.
Personally I don't want to look like a boy. and my guess is many feel the same way.
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