Why Modesty?

So I was thinking about what Sadie said at youth-group several meetings-ago. You go to the mall and there are these strange strips of material on hangers. You pick it up and look at it, totally bewildered. What the heck is this? You see people taking them into the dressing room. You stare after them in wonderment. How on earth - and where on earth - are they going to get that on themselves? Headband? Or skirt?
Now, maybe that's overkill, but hey, I laughed. And, sadly, I could relate. Personally, I like going shopping, but I hate trying things on. I mean, really. It's not easy to be modest these days! I have to try on four times as many pairs of jeans as a girl who isn't concerned about modesty. As Nicole Whitacre puts it "I might as well go on an archaeological dig." Sometimes, yes. It is that hard to find a stylish, pretty shirt that I am not having to either pull up or pull down five-million times a day. Not to mention I generally leave many things hanging on the rack that I think would look really good on me!
So why? What is our motivation for dressing modestly when 1. it's not easy and 2. everyone else isn't?
"This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." The girl who loves the Savior avoids immodesty because she doesn't want to reflect poorly upon the gospel. By dressing immodestly our goal is often to attract attention to ourselves, rather than glorifying God by the way we dress. Also, we as girls growing up in the church want to help our brothers in the Lord, not tempt them. "He that causes the least of these little ones to sin..."
Okay. Almost done gals. I'm going to close with this exhortment from 1st Timothy 2:9-10:
"...Women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness - with good works." Remember, this doesn't mean we can't braid our hair or wear jewlry. We are simply not to spend over-extravagantly for things that would only call attention to ourselves. Covering your hair and avoiding excessive jewlry was "modest" during that time. Today, we can apply this by avoiding too-short shorts and wearing one-piece swimming suits.
Hope you gals are encouraged by this! Every now and then I need a reminder that my efforts are not in vain, on the contrary, I am glorifying the Savior by walking under his Word!