technically, the point of all the guidelines for tznius are so that the woman should appear refined, and stand out as tznius. so in those days woman were being equally tznius. but nowadays were the yeshivish community has formed its own society with its own dress norms, breaking those codes is against halacha. (same goes for the black hat). the problem though, is that tznius (and th black hat) are no longer a thing of respect for religion of HASHEM, but only a thing of peer pressure. In the case of the black hat, now it is no longer required, because lack of it (if it were against halacha) would technically be lack of extra kavod and not a lack in tznius. however tznius is based on accepted dress code, which in the self formed yeshivish community is pretty strict.
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