Polygamy chic? Texas Polygamous sect launches fashion website.
Posted by v on July 3, 2008
You have watched them, you have listened to them now you can dress like them. We have had heroin chic, grunge, rocker chic and just about every fashion era there is. So, why not Polygamy chic?
High-collared, long-sleeved dresses, loose trousers and modest blouses are now available online at a special clothing store launched by the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The controversial breakaway Mormon group, led by Warren Jeffs, was recently raided and investigated by Texan authorities who removed 440 children from the Church’s compound after it was alleged girls were being sexually abused and forced into under-age marriage.
FLDS member Maggie Jessop said there had been a flood of interest as the clothes were simple, modest and home made. Get in line, ladies!
The children have since been returned to their mothers, due to lack of evidence, but the women have been advised to stay away from the Church’s compound while the investigation continues.
It means they must now earn their own money to rent apartments and cover living costs, so 20 of them have launched a website, offering a range of handmade children’s clothes that they created for their offspring while they were being kept in foster homes.
We think the plan is to make everyone wear these clothes since we were all so fascinated by them at the trial. The site offers a range of Church-branded clothes including dresses, overalls, nightgowns, sleepers, babygros and even ankle-to-wrist underwear. When demand is high enough, women’s clothing will be added. (Times)
