Much to my dismay, swimsuit season is upon us. I walked through Target the other day and saw racks and racks of bikinis on display. Anything modest in the bunch? Nope.
Sad to say, it is difficult to find a swimsuit that covers adequately if you are a girl. I even have a hard time finding one piece swimsuits for Taylor. Crazy how young you can be and have our culture permeate your clothing choices. It's not even easy to find a shirt for Taylor Joy that isn't spaghetti straps these days.
There's an awesome link on the right side of this blog, called Modesty Survey under "Promote Modesty" in the Things I Do. It's a project of the REBELution, which was started by Brett and Alex Harris (Josh Harris' brothers...of Sovereign Grace...what an amazing family!). Anyway, this is a study that surveyed 1600+ guys about modesty and specific articles of clothing that women wear, including comments about those articles of clothing.
I went there before I purchased my swimsuit and browsed through what these men had to say about swimsuits in particular. I highly recommend reading the results of these before you head out to purchase your new swimsuit so that we can be mindful of the opposite sex this summer. They will appreciate our thoughtfulness too!
In case you are having a hard time finding a modest swimsuit like I was, check out these websites:
Lime Ricki
Shade Clothing
Academy (has lots of skirts you can wear as bottoms. I think the one I bought is actually a tennis skirt. I would recommend going there.)
Also, here's a series of great articles by C.J. Mahaney about modesty and what it says about the attitude of our hearts. I highly recommend reading these articles or listening to this sermon.
Anyway, I thought it might be a nice reminder to some of you to consider our brothers when we are making our summer clothing choices, especially swimsuits. Happy shopping and swimming! We are so excited about heading out to the pool!
I'm confused....Did you buy a maternity bathing suit?
ReplyDeleteJanette -
ReplyDeleteSure didn't. Those are as bad or WORSE than the regular ones I saw. I ordered one from Lime Ricki in a bigger size and it fits great! I figure I may just be able to take it in next summer and still wear it. I'm excited to wear something CUTE and MODEST. Yes, those things can be said in the same sentence. :)
Thanks for posting this!
ReplyDeleteSummer staff are about to come & it's always a challenge to try & express the importance of modesty while serving beside so many brothers at camp.
I'm going to refer them to this website!