Like A Princess

I often check out celebrity event coverage to see the dresses. I'm not above a little armchair critique, but what I'm really doing is looking for anyone in a modest dress. When I see one, it is usually on a very young girl (early teens) or an over-sixty woman.

What is it with the plunging neck and backlines, skyrocketing hems and barely-there sides? I'm thinking that when you have to use body adhesive to stay in your dress it should tell you something. Have you seen the average prom in the last ten years? Most of the girls look like cocktail waitresses -- and that's being polite. That's not the sort of attention I would want. Frankly, it's hard to understand why so many parents allow their daughters out of the house in such skimpy dresses. You really don't see the girl when you can see so much of her.

Interestingly, the woman you see everywhere being held up as a "style icon" consistently shows up in modest dresses. Not always, but most of the time. Of course, her job description comes with a greater level of scrutiny and decorum required of the average woman. She is supposed to dress and behave beautifully.

Aren't we all?