Fitted to Holiness

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Fashion designers know the impact of clothing. They study it, they make a living off of it, and they know how to design immodesty, well. Can plain people apply these same concepts to understand how modesty is achieved and when it is compromised? This volume, which packs in a tremendous amount of research, nurtures an appreciation for that single practice identifying the plain churches’ convictions most clearly: dress. It will help the reader appreciate both God’s mandate for holiness in dress and the many subtle—and not-so-subtle—ways it is under attack today. Written especially for Amish, Apostolics, Brethren, Mennonites, Hutterites, and other plain Anabaptists. Includes a detailed glossary and 28 page index for easy reference.

Hardcover 410pp. 2019 $14 retail (Ohio res. add 7%) + $4 s/h (+$2 each extra); call for bulk discounts Acorn Publishing, 7010 State Route 241, Millersburg, OH 44654; 717-330-1766

How Modesty is Achieved and Compromised among the Plain People by Cory & Jennifer Anderson

I. Dress- Deceptively Influential IV. Modesty for Men 20. Style Motifs: Bridging the Plain and 1. Does Clothing Matter? 11. The Upper Man Fashionable 2. ‘And Thou Shalt Make Holy Garments’ 12. The Lower Man 21. Casual Clothing: What Is ‘Casual’ 3. The World of Fashion 13. The Head of Man Anyway?

II. The Art of Modesty V. Modesty in Body, Mind, and Manner VII. Fashion in the Church 4. The Art of Dress, the Science of 14. The Body: The Spirit’s Temple, the 22. How Fashion Creeps into the Church Attraction World’s Obsession 23. Dress Boundaries and How They Are 5. Lines and Shapes 15. Modesty in Presentation Crossed 6. Color and Lighting 24. Evangelical Thinking and Plain Dress 7. Materials and Texture VI. Lifestyles of the Plain & Fashionable 25. Fashion Sleepers to Senior Wear: 16. The Rise of Plain Dress: Where It Walking down the Runway of Life III. Outfit Accessories Came from and Why It Works 8. Clothing as Accessories 17. Fashion’s Sabotage of Religious Dress VIII. Conclusion 9. Carry-Alongs and Add-Ons 18. The Fashion Fantasy: How Lifestyle 26. The Strength of Plain Clothing 10. The Woman’s Covering: A Fashion Marketing Consumes the Consumer Appendix, Glossary, and Index Accessory or Symbol of Humble Service? 19. Joining the Club: Logos