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I have mentioned may be used, not that just that pattern and nothing
else should be established, but a simple style as was represented in that
dress. Some have supposed that the very pattern given was the pattern
that all should adopt; this is not so, but something as simple as this
would be the best we could adopt under the circumstances.... Simple
dress should be the word; try your talent, my sisters, in this essential
reform.... Let our sisters dress plainly, as many do, in having the dress
of good material, durable, modest, appropriate for the age; and let not
the dress question fill the mind.—
Unpublished Testimonies, July 4,
1897
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Mental and Moral Influence of Dress
526. The sum and substance of true religion is to own and continu-
ally acknowledge by words, by dress, by deportment, our relationship
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to God.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:582
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527. Perhaps no question has ever come up among us which
has caused such development of character as has the dress reform.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:636
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528. Simplicity of dress will make a sensible woman appear to the
best advantage. We judge of a person’s character by the style of dress
worn. Gaudy apparel displays vanity and weakness. A modest, godly
woman will dress modestly. A refined taste, a cultivated mind, will be
revealed in the choice of simple and appropriate attire.—
Testimonies
for the Church 4:643
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529. We would not by any means encourage carelessness in dress.
Let the attire be appropriate and becoming. Though only a ten-cent
calico, it should be kept neat and clean.—
Testimonies for the Church
4:642
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530. Taste should be manifested as to colors. Uniformity in this
respect is desirable so far as convenient. Complexion, however, may
be taken into account. Modest colors should be sought for. When
figured material is used, figures that are large and fiery, showing vanity
and shallow pride in those who choose them, should be avoided. And
a fantastic taste in putting on different colors is bad.—
The Health
Reformer, September 1, 1868
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531. Let the wearing of useless trimmings and adornments be
discarded. Extravagance should never be indulged in to gratify pride.