Colleen's Column

Modesty in the Modern World How many of you have ever felt a conflict when you’re out shopping – you see this REALLY cute outfit that is really stylish and fun, BUT…. The skirt is just above your knees, it doesn’t have sleeves, and the neckline is a bit too much.   We’ve all experienced it.   We’ve all seen it.   But does that make it right? Well, here’s some maybe not-so-surprising news.   The media and most clothing corporations today are pushing sleezy, “sexy” outfits at such young ages that it’s hard to find anything nice even in the children’s section anymore.   Companies are even making bikini bathing suits and skimpy underwear for girls ages 6 on up!   Do they need these things?   NO.   Even adults don’t need these things.   Advertising in general is becoming more and more inappropriate. A school in Canada wanted to do a test.   They showed two advertisement images to a group of parents and girl teens and tweens.   One was from a teen magazine, the other was from an ad

Well, I was going to start out by posting all the things we talked about in article format, but I just realized that some of my little demo sketches are somewhere on the home computer rather than on my flashdrive, and the blog will not let me copy and paste them from a Word document.  Grrr.  Therefore, I will start with the pictures instead.  (That's probably what all of you wanted to see first, anyway.)  Congratulations, Angela!  Gift Certificate: Angela Robbins was the lucky winner of the 50% off gift certificate; we did waive the "must be present to win" rule because so many people had to leave early, but by lucky coincidence Angela was still there anyway. Thanks to everyone who participated, and to Sister for drawing the ticket! Mini Fashion Show: Then we did a very small fashion show focusing mainly on bridal gowns.  We did look at the other outfits but we left most of them on the hangars this time.  Wedding dresses are much more interesting! T