How do you define "modest" attire?

Wow, that is just ridiculous. Nowadays little girls dress like hookers all of the time, so I don't really understand how parents let them dress like that outside school all the time but not in a school prom. I don't really know what might they mean by "modest", as that can be a little subjective, neither I really know how they were dressing so I can't really tell well what was going on.

I was reading about this last night and while I admit that some of the dresses the girls were wearing was a bit revealing they aren't the worst I've seen. And from the article I read the school didn't provide a really clear cut description of what they considered modest. And it also didn't help that they were allowing other girls with similar dresses to enter. I think someone even took a picture of another girl wearing the same dress as one of the girls who wasn't allowed to enter. If that picture proves to be true then I feel that those girls had a right to be upset since the school obviously was not enforcing their policies and every student.

Was there an article along with this story showing examples of the outfits that got admitted or denied entry? If the School were setting the dress code in advance of the event,then they should have set out what they were expecting to see,for example,nothing above the knee for Girls,no Cleavage,arms covered,or whatever. A "modest" Prom dress to my mind would be along the lines of a ballgown,nothing mini length or eye popping...Buying dresses and outfits for those events can be expensive,as it's a highpoint of the School's social calendar,so it would have been a wasted investment for them to be turned away like that (Don't Some hire Limo's to make an entrance statement too..?)-would the girl's partner have gone in there solo when She was refused? I'd like to think not..so,couples were being effectively refused..

Modest attire would mean something different to a lot of people. Style and fashion is not the same for everyone. usually modest attire would mean wearing something that is not revealing. a prom is a special event in life. A few exceptions in the dress code could be made/

A rule is a rule. A dress code is a dress code. They already discussed it and agreed to it. So not abiding by the rules is simply unacceptable. It's either you're rebellious, selfish, or too dumb to understand rules. So I think it's just right to now allow those girls in. Just right for them! shadow41

clothing is a way to cover our body to protect us from cold or heat but with the profound use of technology we are now able to create favorable ambient temperature so the world get shifted towards fashion in clothing especially girls which now wear short or mini skirts, tight clothes and show cleavage and with all tend to seduce boys and overall trigger to imbalance the code of conduct in the normal balanced society. sorry girls, i am not asking for you to wear burka(wore by Muslim ladies) but appeal you to wear descent clothes in public as our appearance is first benchmark in making first impression and also wearing simple clothes leads to satisfaction and purity of mind. according to me modest attire for prom is a salwar-kmeez or a jean-top or a custom dress but should not be too small to unable to cover our body.

For me, Modest attire means wearing attire that is socially acceptable in a right manner and in the right time. In relation to this dress codes are created in which we need to wear proper clothes in a proper occasion- proper clothes in school, proper clothes in the office, proper clothes in bar etc. According to what you says, I agree that the school go overboard with their dress code because proper wearing of attire is something they have to learn... and it is the school's responsibility to teach them.

I think that the school should have put guidelines of what it meant when they said modest because just like any other words... Modest is relative. some people have a different definition of modest. If you think about it, definition changes from cultures and regions. One word is not bound to one meaning so it should have been clarified by the school. Money has been spent and the money for the dresses could not be taken back. The experience also that the students missed could not be replaced. The school should have been more considerate and more responsible for the memos and guidelines and the handling of the situation. It should not have gotten to this point and If it was a group then it just goes to show that many were uninformed about the situation. I would never have allowed this to pass if I were the parent of one of those girls, it's not my child's fault!

since it's a prom sometimes a little sexy attire can be tolerated but if the school set a dress code and must be a modest attire, that's understood to be not sexy or no showing of cleavage.

Well, to me, a modest attire involves wearing a polo T-shirt with a pair of jeans. Otherwise, it'll be a tuxedo set. Yea this's just my impression of a modest attire. Most importantly, when you dress up well and appropriate, that'll be considered modest attire.

Last time in school, we had a dress code for going into the library. Guys wearing bermudas reaching to the knees could not get in because the bermudas were too "short". Skirts are considered proper attire, so girls with skirts so mini that their bottoms could hardly be covered are admitted. Now is this fair? Is that the idea of "modest" attire?

i think the girls are in the wrong..no matter how overboard the school authorities have gone with their dress code, it's still school rules so the girls should have known better. For me, "modest" attires for prom are long flowy gowns not skimpy dresses which are, for the record, appropriate for clubbing..

Modest clothing for women is anything that is not too tight and doesn't show off the body.

Modest attire are clothes that don't encourage sinful act for man/woman.