Am I a prude if I DESPISE MOST EMMY GOWNS???

[a kennedy]

Watching ET and its all about the Emmy’s on Sunday........and they’re showing previous stars and what they wore. Why so much skin for dang near all the women???? It’s actually the reason I quite watching dancing with the stars, WAY TO MUCH SKIN. Am I a prude???

[hlthe2b]

1. Some of my favorite and most elegant gowns over the years have not been particularly revealing...

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

[a kennedy]

4. I know......and I agree....more revealing is NOT for everyone.

[Skittles]

2. I remember when women could be sexy dressed like this:

[NurseJackie]

3. No. Many people share your feelings (including myself)

It's supposed to be a classy and elegant night... not a night-club or call-girl fashion show. I blame Melania Trump for her Baroque Bordello trashy fashion sense.

[a kennedy]

5. Yes...yes.....and thank you.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. red carpet gowns have been getting tackier and tackier for years.

Long before Melanoma Prom dresses are no better

[jpak]

6. Yes, you are

No ankles for me!

[Farmer-Rick]

7. One of the reasons I like Billie Eilish's music

She shows no skin. Not even ankles and yet......

[a kennedy]

15. Ha ha, love ya jpak....

[emmaverybo]

17. What a dress. People were tiny then.

[wasupaloopa]

8. Yes. If you don't like to see skin don't look. Of course I am a nudist.

Tomorrow at 9:00 AM we are going to a nude beach clean up at Ricon in CA. 9-21
It is beach clean up in CA.

There is nothing lude about being nude. We feel we are more in tune with nature. We accept each other no matter what our bodies look like. It’s liberating.

Modesty is a learned thing like racism is. We have friends who raised their kids without teaching modesty. They are normal adults now.

We spent our early married years at a family nudist club. People off all ages.

My wife and I met there. We are normal healthy people married. 36 years.

[emmaverybo]

19. I don't think nudists are trying to be sexually provocative to the world. And neither should folks

who are honoring artistry and being honored. Simply inelegant for the occasion to call attention to
one’s sexiness as though selling wares, rather than helping to make the evening glamorous, classy,
“special.”

Nudity per se is not offensive or tacky. It is natural.

[wasupaloopa]

20. Clothes can be more sexual than being nude. It's your

imagination that gives you sexual thoughts when you see those dresses.

We had a thread here a few days ago where the poster was upset because young girls wore thong swim suits.

It is what Frued called the reaction formation. There is something about yourself you don’t like and you project it onto those who remind you if it. The poster probably did not like that he liked seeing the girls. He felt guilty so he projected something negative about them for reminding him of his guilt,

[dewsgirl]

31. I remember a few years ago when my Goddaughter was

13, she had a one piece bathing suit that was cut in such a way, I found horrifying. It was what I was imaging boys/men thinking when they saw her in it. I wore my share of skimpy bikinis as a teen in the 90's, but that bathing suit(which she still has and it still bothers me) in particular makes me feel like such a prude. She just turned 18 and is almost naked now when they go to the beach/in the pool.

[CatMor]

9. I agree with you ...

the gowns are no longer elegant.

[grumpyduck]

10. I'm all for showing skin

at appropriate places like the beach. But AFAIC most of those gowns are just poor designs. Some of the most elegant dresses and gowns I've ever seen show very little skin. One of the best was at a dress-up night at a convention some years back. The lady looked like a Greek goddess and the only skin showing was her arms.

[customerserviceguy]

32. There are only so many ways

that fabric can be draped around the human body, and all the good ones have been thought of long ago. "Fashion" designers think they can still find another one, anyway.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Way more skin at the Grammy's and VMAs n/t

[912gdm]

12. wouldn't say prude. it's just not your thing.

I'm the same way. Im tired of cleavage and side boob.


Now, I wouldn't mind seeing some more skin on the guys though.

[Polly Hennessey]

13. No, you are not prudish.

Elegance has departed Hollywood. Don’t understand why female entertainers think we want to see their body parts. Used to be fun looking at the beautiful gowns. Now the fashions have become as boring as the award shows.

[a kennedy]

14. Yup...still like to see who wins the awards, the Emmys only...but the fashion??? Really stinks.

[TreasonousBastard]

16. Nope, just noticing that many women seem to think they have to wear something "daring"...

and often enough they wear something you wouldn't see at the AVN awards.

[TreasonousBastard]

18. And, btw, Cole Porter knew something...

[diva77]

21. I'm sure the network loves it -- better ratings.

[RobinA]

22. For Me

it’s less the amount of skin than the downright fugly dresses. They spend more energy trying to show as much skin as possible than they do putting together a nice looking design.

[Beringia]

23. I said this about myself the other day

An acquaintance posted a pic of her daughter and her daughter's husband waiting to sign a katubah, a Jewish prenuptial agreement, and her daughter had huge breasts that were practically falling out of her dress they were so exposed. And I wanted to post, Playboy would like this pic too. Then her mother posted another pic, this time of her daughter and husband dancing, and the husband had his arm way down on the daughter's body, on her behind. He was holding her ass. And then I thought to myself, I must be a prude the way I am reacting. I wanted to post my thoughts to the mother, but would probably get me kicked off her facebook.

[sarge43]

24. No, you're not.

When you got it, you don't have to show anything except perfection. In fact, you can make a president shed a tear and come to his feet. Case in point

[lindysalsagal]

25. The see-through lace trend is annoying. I mean, leave it to cher, and put something on!

Personally I love the gowns and how these gorgeous women wear them. But, I want to see the woman, and the gown, and know where one starts and the other leaves off....

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

26. I don't think you're necessarily a prude.

I didn't see the show, but all too often when I see still photos of what some of the women are wearing all I can think is how much better most of them would look if there were just a bit more fabric in the gown. Showing as much skin as you possibly can without local indecency laws being invoked doesn't always result in an attractive look.

[Peregrine Took]

28. Agreed. Why is it necessary or the thing that is expected of them?

This is as far as women have come? "Having talent isn't enough - look at me with no clothes on!"

[IcyPeas]

29. BUT what about the lingerie double-sided tape industry?

they would be out of business if women stop wearing these clothes.

[sdfernando]

30. I always thought this was one of the classiest gowns

ever worn on an awards show.

From the 1987 Tony awards....I give you the incomparable Angela Lansbury;

[Codeine]

33. I must be weird

because I think paying any attention at all to clothing beyond “Is it clean and in good repair?” is incredibly silly. The concept of Fashion is just lost entirely on me.