'Bleach Underground', rabbis battle immodest clothing in Bnei Brak

[Poll_Blind]

From Ha'aretz:

--snip--
In Jerusalem, the response went further than just the Mea She'arim poster warning against "the Parisian designer getting his nails into us," to acts of violence. A clothing store near Shabbat Square was recently set on fire, while Geula neighborhood patrols are armed with containers of bleach to damage the clothing of women who break the dress code.

It is not clear how organized the patrols are, but an elected Haredi official in Jerusalem recently complained to the police of an "atmosphere of terror in the streets." He called on the police to intervene.

Bnei Brak also has a local Bleach Underground. The desire to be fashionable exacted a price from Bnei Brak resident D.: "At the end of a day around town I discovered three large bleach stains on my new skirt," she reconstructed. "The next day I heard from friends that women with syringes and baby bottles are spraying bleach on clothing they don't like for some reason." According to D., her sin was that her "skirt was pretty, not particularly short."

Several respected rabbis weighed in on the matter last week, writing, "Recently a variety of foreign garb has spread among the women and girls; this is immodest clothing. Knitted fabrics are not appropriate for daughters of Israel." At that time, the list of dozens of approved stores was published.
--snip--

Knitted fabrics are not appropriate for daughters of Israel. I don't even think Leviticus prohibits knitted fabrics- WTF?

PB

[JoDog]

1. define "knitted fabrics"

That confuses me. Do they mean just slinky, stretchy clothing, or all knits? 'Cause I've got a couple big baggy sweater that leave everything to the imagination and would make almost any modest bubbie proud.