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An ELB organ with a modesty panel. urinals with modesty panels. A modesty panel is something added to various items such as clothes or furniture for the purpose of concealment. [1] In particular, it refers to a thin board of wood or metal that is attached to the front of a desk, drafting table, electronic organ, or similar item, to shield legs ...
Modesty, sometimes known as demureness, is a mode of dress and deportment which intends to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. The word modesty comes from the Latin word modestus which means 'keeping within measure'. [1] In this use, revealing certain body parts is considered inappropriate, thus immodest.
An Eastern Orthodox woman in Ukraine is seen wearing a dress and a Christian headcovering.. The term modest fashion or modest dressing refers to a fashion trend in women of wearing less skin-revealing clothes, especially in a way that satisfies their spiritual and stylistic requirements for reasons of faith, religion or personal preference. [1]
A variation is the portrait neckline. Deep or plunging neck These are low necklines, in either V, U or square shapes, that reveal various amounts of cleavage, and some even extending to the natural waist line. Funnel neck A neckline with fabric standing high and close to the neck, cut or knit in one piece with the torso rather than as an added ...
One protester blew his nose into a garment he wore around his neck. [36] A scuffle broke out between a protester and two members of the church who attempted to take the garments from him. [37] To avoid a repeat of the conflict, the municipality of Salt Lake City planned new protest buffer zones for the April 2004 conference in Salt Lake City. [38]
Modesty or Chastity (Italian: La Pudicizia) or Veiled Truth by Antonio Corradini is a sculpture completed in 1752 during the Rococo period. Corradini was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro to sculpt a memorial for his mother in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples , where the marble sculpture still remains.
A dupatta is traditionally worn over the left shoulder in India, and tucked in to a skirt on the opposite side. However, the dupatta can be free hanging over the shoulder, or, across the neck and behind both shoulders. A modern variation is to allow the length of the dupatta to drape elegantly around the waist and through the arms at the front.
A popular story, traced back to the correspondence of Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Duchess d'Orléans, is that the earliest form of the sack-back gown, the robe battante, was invented as maternity clothing in the 1670s by Louis XIV's mistress to conceal her clandestine pregnancies.