Online Modesty Educational Resources

Open Bible with world globe in the background

This book was one of the most influential pieces of literature in the life of the founder of the Fashion Belle website toward pursuing a career as an apparel patternmaker with the goal of creating modest clothing. Author Ray Powell has graciously given permission for the majority of this book to be edited and published online here.

Modesty Survey from the Rebelution website by Alex and Brett Harris

The Rebelution is a Christian teen ministry founded by Alex and Brett Harris with the motto, "A teenage rebellion against low expectations." In 2007, this group conducted an online Modesty Survey of over 1,600 men. The site states, "It's everything girls have ever wanted to ask guys about modesty but were afraid to ask!" Follow the primary link to view results or read Fashion Belle's overview of the survey.

Revive Our Hearts

Around a thousand links to multi-media resources related to modesty are listed at the Revive Our Hearts website, the official site of Christian author and speaker Nancy Leigh DeMoss. In her book The Look: Does God Really Care What I Wear?, DeMoss endeavors to move beyond the initial questions that are commonly raised when the word "modest" is mentioned, such as assumed lack of style, and on toward discovering underlying biblical principles about dress and the truth about clothing and modesty. A CD of Nancy's Modesty radio series may be ordered in combination with the book from her website.

True Woman articles about modesty from a Christian perspective

This is the official website for True Woman Conferences, founded by Christian author and speaker Nancy Leigh DeMoss as an outreach of her Revive Our Hearts organization, a branch of Life Action Ministries. The modesty-related articles at the True Woman site feature content from multiple authors.

Modesty Topics by Albert and Mary Mohler

From the site, "Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world." He and his wife Mary have developed several articles and multi-media resources relating to modesty.

A Christian Home links to essays about conservative dress

This web page lists links to educational essays from groups that follow a conservative style of dress for women, including not wearing pants. Essay authors are from various backgrounds, including Independent Fundamental Baptist, plain clothes, homeschooling and home church groups. An occasional author references head coverings in addition to dresses only.

Orthodox Jewish Modesty Standards for Women from the Biblical Garden clothing company

From the founders of the Biblical Garden modest clothing company, this is an overview of standards of modesty for orthodox Jewish women.

Arrow pointing to extra modesty resources

Some of the online modesty resources we find just do not seem to fit anywhere else on the Fashion Belle site, so we have collected those links on a page of Extras.

Writings on modesty from the ministry of John Piper

People who are familiar with the ministry of John Piper, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will enjoy this collection of messages on modesty from him and occasional guest authors.

True Beauty Magazine for girls ages 11 to 17

This print-only quarterly magazine for Christian girls ages 11 to 17 includes articles about dressing modestly. For more information, also visit the founder's blog with photos of a True Beauty Modesty Fashion Show she sponsored.

Live 31 organization logo

The Live 31 movement, named after the description of the virtuous woman in Proverbs Chapter 31 in the Bible, was founded by four male students at Baylor University who are, in their words, "committed to making a change in American Society in our views toward beauty." Founder Alex Ecklund states in a video, ". . . Shouldn't we be looking for something more than just being physically attracted to someone? . . . If you're a guy, look for the Proverbs 31 woman and don't settle for anything less."

Screenshot of The British Mogue website

Mogue is a modest fashion resource website based in the U.K. With extensive coverage of the modest edge of high fashion, this site is valuable not only for British shoppers but also for female consumers worldwide looking for inspiration from current trends. The name Mogue is a combination of the words "modesty" and "vogue."

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