  Modesty is "in", skanky is "out". Forgive me for this Fab 5 moment, I had to share urlLink this article . The short of it is that modest clothing is coming back in style. What's not said is that young women are realizing they don't have the bodies of models, that revealing their belly buttons, pelvic lines, and then playing a drum solo on their bellies is rather gross. I see it all day at my summer job, I can confirm that anorexia is no longer a problem. I digress. Here's the best part of the article: The modesty trend is also tied to the political climate, says Stellin.
"There's this sense of uncertainty  about the economy, the threat of terrorism, the war in Iraq, the (Abu Ghraib) prison scandal. These are big issues in people's minds, issues that call for more-serious clothing. " Uh huh. I'm sure the thoughts and concerns of Hillary Duff and 17yr old girls everywhere are with political and religious conflict abroad. I'm sure their sleepovers are raging with debates of American prisoner abuse and the plight of third-world farmerss. 
