Hats Off to Increased Diversity in Modest Fashion

Since we began Virtuous Prom, having diversity in our models has always been important, from ethnic diversity to showing women with curves.

Aurora Purple Modest Prom Dress with Sleeves — This gorgeous photo of our “Aurora” dress comes from one of our first ever photo shoots!

Although 2020 as been a trying and often tragic year, there are some good things that have risen like a phoenix from this year’s ashes. One of them is an increased demand for equality, especially when it comes to advertising and who we see modeling the clothes being marketed to us.

Left and right, companies are reviewing the way they use logos and portray “beauty” (as if it came in one single, height, weight and skin tone). Brands from Mrs. Butterworth’s and Uncle Ben’s Rice to Aunt Jemima to Eskimo Pies are all either changing their logos or announcing reviews of them.

And then, of course, there’s the biggest change of them all so far: The Redskins Football team of Washington DC is officially changing its name after decades of pressure to do so.

Fashion has always been notoriously slow to change, but with statues of “heroes” of ages past, now widely recognized as racist and misogynistic, being toppled worldwide, so too have Fashion’s long held ideas of beauty toppled.

Recently, we’ve noticed an increased diversity in the world of modest fashion and today we’d like to applaud those companies who are taking a stand on representing beauty in all its forms.