[Pressing-On]

Esther,
I found this in Rabbinical Literature, which I'm sure isn't all that accurate.

Vashti was justly punished for enslaving young Jewish women and compelling them to work nude on the Sabbath (ib.).E. C. J.

Read more: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/vi...#ixzz1FIrN6QcG

Vashti: (4th century BCE) Great-granddaughter of Nebuchadnezzar, wife of Ahasuerus. Took pleasure in tormenting Jewish girls. Was executed for refusing to obey her husband's command to appear at his party.

http://www.chabad.org/search/keyword...ish/Vashti.htm

Wondering if that is where the concept of her being requested to be naked came in? I don't know. Just a thought.