Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Yet Another Kinship Between My Heritage And LDS
Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2004 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.
BoingBoing points me to directions to merge fashion with modesty. My personal answer is to dress like a man and not care about fashion. Pants, button-down or tee shirt, done. I guess you need a skirt if it's hot and shorts are too immodest for your taste. But I'm glad these tips exist and I do use those layering techniques with white shirts to keep bras from showing.
Is it really that tough to find high-rise jeans? Maybe it's just that I shop for clothes about once a year and always go to thrift/vintage/charity shops. Clothes made for old people suit me fine.
Sari as prom dress! Good thinking with the black tee. All dresses that reveal midriff in public make me uncomfortable. This goes double for saris because I can't help thinking I should be using just a tiny fraction of the yards of fabric (which I'm pleating, folding, wrapping, and pulling, always unsatisfactorily) to cover my midsection. I gotta recommend a salwar kameez, a.k.a. pyjama juba (where English gets the word "pajama"). The big old tunic can be a dress in itself, or you can add the drawstring pants and optional sash. No pockets, but you are used to that, being a woman. Gaudy or simple embroidery and patterns - sure to make a splash at your next for-some-reason-I'm-dressing-up gathering!
