Women from polygamist sect start their own clothing line

Posted on July 2, 2008 
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Forget OshKosh B’Gosh and Baby Gap. Have you heard of FLDSdress.com?

Female members of the polygamist sect at the center of a high-profile child welfare dispute are trying to capitalize on all the attention by selling children’s “clothing that meets the FLDS standards for modesty and neatness” through the Internet.

The Salt Lake Tribune says the business grew out of necessity. State officials turned to the site when they needed to clothe hundreds of children who were taken into state custody with little more than the clothes on their backs. The children have since been returned, but many of the women are living outside the Yearning for Zion ranch while awaiting the outcome of child-protection investigations. More…

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