A question I have been asked and I don't know the answer that a Plain or Old Order would give -
Why do those who wear long dresses, head coverings and other non-modern styles of dress in daily wear, also wear the most modern, often quite colourful running shoes ?
Questions for Anabaptists: Plain or Old Order
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Re: Questions for Anabaptists: Plain or Old Order
The last two churches I’ve been part of have had a standard against colorful shoewear.Sudsy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:24 pm A question I have been asked and I don't know the answer that a Plain or Old Order would give -
Why do those who wear long dresses, head coverings and other non-modern styles of dress in daily wear, also wear the most modern, often quite colourful running shoes ?
Often though shoes are not considered to be a particular item that attracts attention outside of high heels or boots.
You can also consider the fact that most people can make a dress, a shoe is a completely different story.
Also as a point to the dresses, 90% of the fabric is very modern, Machine made and can handle the washing machine much better than the older ones could.
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Re: Questions for Anabaptists: Plain or Old Order
Sudsy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:24 pm A question I have been asked and I don't know the answer that a Plain or Old Order would give -
Why do those who wear long dresses, head coverings and other non-modern styles of dress in daily wear, also wear the most modern, often quite colourful running shoes ?
RZehr wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 10:33 amBecause we don’t make our own shoes. Because wearing dress shoes all of the time isn’t real practical. Running shoes are good for running, which we do. Because we wear homemade dresses for tradition, but also for covering the body better than other clothes. Boughten shoes cover the body fine.Sudsy wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 10:03 am Since I am allowed questions - why do some cape dress Mennonite women wear modern and often quite brightly coloured running shoes that are visible and I have heard laughed at by non-Christians ? To them, they see traditional dress except for the shoes and wonder why shoes can be modern/worldly ?
I think the more conservative churches would prohibit brightly colored shoes. When I was growing up, there was a brief time where we had to wear black shoes.
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