Modest dresses like this (minus the hideous front ruffle) are still available and easy to find...
Such as this one: Amazon.com Floral Print Ruffle Tie Waist
"Our mothers brought us up to be modest ..." Exactly, and our mothers didn't apparently (Hint Boomers: that's you!)
The dissonance is stunning.
>It's really classic boomer propaganda of the self-made man.
Nah, here is the true propaganda about the "self-made man":
https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Womans-Year-Disguised/dp/0143038702
Amazing book, btw.