What to Wear at a Mormon Party

Those Mormon polygamists are sure giving the Amish a run for their money when it comes to the eye raising practices. But to be fair, the Amish are on the straight and narrow and can’t be compared to a cult that married grown men to teens. Some of the most outrageous things were said about Blacks. Here’s a link.

But as the bonnets are being lifted and the public at large is seeing for the first time how these people were living, it’s getting to be a real eye-opening experience. Let’s focus on fashion since that is the objective here. The polygamists insisted that the women all have the same hairstyles, dresses that went down to the ankles and NOO… and we mean NOO makeup. If they really wanted Paris Hilton to go to jail, they should have sent her to live with these folks.

CBC news has an interesting article on exactly what was required of the many females married to one male and the dress therein. Here’s an excerpt:

…And while no one would accuse the women of making a fashion statement, the pioneer-style outfits are a rare of example of how in an age of overexposure, modesty, too, can give pause.

The puff-sleeved, pastel dresses worn by the women in the sect are a combination of original 19th-century wear and 1950s clothing that was adopted when the church took a conservative turn, according to Janet Bennion, an anthropologist who studies polygamist women.

The dresses are meant to show modesty and conformity: They go down to the ankles and wrists, and are often worn over garments or pants, making sure every possibly provocative inch of skin is covered.

John Llewellyn, a polygamy expert and retired Salt Lake County sheriff’s lieutenant, says the women cover themselves “so that they’re unattractive to the outside world or other men.”

Here the link to the full article.

Posted by Eva @ 9:23 am

2 Responses to “What to Wear at a Mormon Party”

1. Adam Denison Says:
   April 23rd, 2008 at 6:04 am

   Just to clarify, these people are not Mormons. To call them “Mormon polygamists” is inaccurate because there is no such thing. Our church did away with polygamy more than 100 years ago.

2. Jessie Hadley Says:
   April 23rd, 2008 at 7:04 am

   @ Adam

   I thought the people at the Texas ranch called themselves Mormons. And even though the official church line is polygamy doesn’t exist there splinter groups that still claim the mormon faith and polygamy as their own no?

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