Lauren
Shields' article "My Year of Modesty" (Salon, July 2013) details her experience with
spending 9 months wearing only modest clothes and no makeup.
Shields refers
to several suits in her article, including a Beauty Suit, a Grown-Up Suit, and a Lauren Suit.
Each suit is a way for her to easily categorize a set of characteristics about her appearance.
These suits serve as archetypes for various ways of dress and of styling one's
appearance.
When defining and describing Lauren Shields' intent with naming
something her Beauty Suit, consider that she had spent 9 months avoiding any of the traditional
Western ideals of beauty. For example, she covered her hair, only wore long sleeved shirts with
high collars, and wore no makeup.
While Shields does not give a name for her
attire and appearance during her period of modesty, she does contrast it with the Beauty
Suit.
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