7-MATTER OF DRESS by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 18, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 32.

7—MATTER OF DRESS

By Editor

Kindly inform me who changed the style of dress, as in the apostolic time men and also women all seemed to dress very much alike, all having the long, loose robes. When did the change take place?

It would be impossible to tell just when any radical change took place. The dwellers of the East have made very little change of dress on the part of the common people from time immemorial. The robes and the turbans are worn very much now as they were centuries ago.

It is in the Western countries largely, Europe and America especially, that the many changes have taken place, to minister to pride or to help big commercial houses.

In Scriptural times, the principal manifestation of fashion was in the matter of adornment. While the general style of dress remained the same, the adornment was more or less elaborate. This is shown in Isaiah 3, and also in the injunctions against such things by the apostle Paul. Neatness, simplicity, usefulness, economy, and good taste are what the Christian ought to study.