Aries, that principal seemed quite tough, but you say he was a good influence on you. That seems to contradict what you just posted, that toughness causes rebellion.
WellInformed, I think you are overlooking a very simple thing. Most women want to look nice and sharp, not shlumpy and nebby. Possibly they think that they look shlumpy and nebby in certain styles so they avoid them. Unfortunately, a number of frum women seem to dress so totally disheveled and baggy that it turns off people from tznius.
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