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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Is modesty in fashion?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Parents of ‘tween girls, is it hard for you to find outfits your daughters like and that you approve of?
I don’t have kids, but walking past the girls’ department I sometimes wonder who is buying midriff-baring tops for 12-year-olds.
Here’s an event that sounds interesting: The Pure Fashion Show, which emphasizes modesty.
Brenda Sharman
“Modesty is more than the way we dress; it is an outward reflection of an interior attitude,” says Brenda Sharman, former Miss Georgia USA and National Director of Pure Fashion, a faith-based group.
Pure Fashion started with a group of moms and their teenage daughters who felt clothing for young ladies had gone a little too Britney.
“Girls can wear cute clothes and still maintain their dignity,” the group says.
Here are some photos from last year’s show. Would your daughter wear these types of outfits? Do you wish she would?
This year’s fashion show starts at 2 p.m. April 20 in the Georgia Ballroom at the Georgia World Congress Center. Doors open for pre-function activities and heavy hors d’oeuvres at 12:30 p.m
Organizers expect more than 2,000 at the event, which also will feature performances by Carried Away, a Dove Award-winning Christian group from Tennessee; Lindee Link, 13, of Peachtree City, and Atlanta Ballet dancer Mary Kate McCarthy.
More than 60 teenage girls will model, having begun preparation for the show last year with training in etiquette, public speaking and make-up application.
Tickets are $45 per person with $45 cash back at the show if 10 tickets are purchased at one time. This ‘early bird special’ runs through March 31. Info: www.purefashion.com.
