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Tznius 2.0

As preteen pop stars play sexy, it’s time to rethink modesty
By Marjorie Ingall | 7:00 AM Feb 15, 2010

February has been a big month for prosti-tots, tiny demi-celebrities who dress like the ladies who used to ply their trade on the West Side Highway. Three-year-old Suri Cruise was seen out and about in electric red lipstick and custom-made red patent-leather Roger Vivier ankle-strap shoes. Rio’s Carnival parade on Sunday featured a 7-year-old samba ...

Is Madonna Becoming Modest?

‘Esther’ looked like a rebbetzin at last night’s VMAs
By Hadara Graubart | 4:00 PM Sep 14, 2009

Maybe we’re extra-alert after Madonna’s recent visit to Israel and column in Yediot Ahronot, but we’ve noticed something unusual about the star’s wardrobe lately. In her outfit from last night’s MTV Music Video Awards, she looked like the edgiest rebbetzin at the sisterhood meeting. Combined with photos of her birthday swimming excursion, in which she ...

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Ritual & Observance

Wardrobe!

The star of ‘Blossom’ reflects on how belief changed her look
By Mayim Bialik | 7:00 AM Jul 31, 2009

Earlier this year, producers from the TLC make-over show What Not to Wear chose me to “fix.” It was eight months after I had given birth to my second son (my first was 3 years old ), and I had just completed a doctorate in neuroscience.

Ritual & Observance

What Not to Wear

Some in Crown Heights detect modesty crisis
By Marissa Brostoff | 10:51 AM Dec 26, 2008