Jewess, I apologize for not using the correct term. Have you got a better one to share? Or better yet, can you give an exact definition of prutza?
Bas Yisroel: those people who feel that tznius=nebby have a totally warped way of thinking. I agree with you 100%. The point is, how are we expressing ourselves to others by the way we look? When someone is dressed like a shluch, what would a nuchri looking at him think? Personally, I get embarrassed when I see someone dressed not put-together, dirty (an embarrasment for what Klal Yisroel is being portrayed as. Every single Jew is a representive of the Jewish people). What do they think of us when we’re dressed so inappropriatly? We are supposed to look like prince/princesses. We should always be dressed put together and clean.
I hope you understand what I am trying to express and I hope I didn’t cause more confusion than there is already.