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Religious Costume & Clothing Links at The Costumer's Manifesto

Please note, I'm a Cheerful Existentialist and don't endorse any other religion.  However, religion is a powerful influence on the history of dress, so these links are provided for your information. In this list many religions are grouped together by clothing style, not necessarily by philosophical affiliation.  So, for example Lutherans and Anglicans are grouped with Catholics (since they use similar vestments) while Byzantine Catholics are Grouped with Eastern Orthodox for the same reason.  Some groups I have not yet found links for.  This is not to imply that Taoists, Coptic Christians or other groups not yet listed wear no clothes... 

Also note, most religions are not too keen on having their sacred  garments reproduced for stage or film purposes, particularly if the stage or film work in question is not in harmony with the teachings of that religion.  Use common sense and common courtesy when ever possible, or be prepared to get people very upset with you when you do not.

Thanks to Saraji Umm Zaid and Fr. Andrew Maginnis S.J. for help sorting and/or finding links!

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(un) Fashion Religious Costumes (Twentieth-Century Developments in Fashion and Costume)

The Language of Clothes

Costuming the Christmas and Easter Play : With Ideas for Other Biblical Dramas

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Appearance and Power (Dress, Body, Culture Series)
 
Religion, Dress and the Body (Dress, Body, Culture Series)
 
Undressing Religion : Commitment and Conversion from a Cross-Cultural Perspective (Dress, Body, Culture Series)

Stagecraft for Christmas and Easter Plays : A Method of Simplified Staging for the Church

How to Distinguish the Saints in Art by Their Costumes, Symbols and Attributes

 

Here Come the Brides

Lovely Chapel Caps, in Ivory Lace
Lovely Chapel Caps, in Black Lace Ecclesiastical Pomp & Aristocratic Circumstance: A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tablewoven Bands
 
Faith Jewellery - Religious Jewellery Store

 

 

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Am I Thin Enough Yet? : The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity
Ladder to the Clouds : Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank
 
Wearing Ideology : State, Schooling and Self-Presentation in Japan
 
   Stole Patterns

Keepers of the Kingdom : The Ancient Offices of Britain

Available from the Nightmare Factory 

International Male: London Opera Trenchcoat This is essentially cut like a soutaine (aka cassock) but has pewter buttons
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Church Vestments : Their Origin and Development

Robes and Honor : The Medieval World of Investiture (The New Middle Ages) Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself

Sewing Church Linens: Convent Hemming and Simple Embroidery

The Matrix Reloaded - Neo
The Matrix Reloaded - Neo
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Festivals (20th Century Devlopment in Fashion and Costume Series) Historic Costume CD-ROM and Book : From Ancient Times to the Renaissance Beautiful White Battenburg Lace Bonnet with Satin Ties Armor of God - Ephesians 6:13 RSV, Wall Poster, 24x36

Chuck Taylor All Star Hi Top Candy Cane Apparel Chuck Taylor All Star Lo Top Candy Cane Apparel
 
Chuck Taylor All Star Hi Top Christmas Ornament Apparel
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Women's Work : The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times


The Devil's Cloth (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism)

Costuming the Christmas and Easter Play : With Ideas for Other Biblical Dramas

Crowns : Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats

'New Raiments of Self' : African American Clothing in the Antebellum South (Dress, Body, Culture Series)

Nothing to Lose: A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body

My Bible Dress-Up Book

Dressed for Thrills: One Hundred Years of Halloween Costume and Masquerade

Costuming the Christmas and Easter Play : With Ideas for Other Biblical Dramas Amazon.com Biblical Townspeople - Peasant Women (Assorted Colors) Apparel Roman Soldier Helmet - Roman Warrior Costume Helmet - Great Unisex Costume Hat Fun!

Shawl Collared Dress 13737 Adult

Amazon.com Deluxe Joseph Biblical Time Costume - Shepherd Costume Apparel

Cut My Cote

Medieval Knight Crusader Shield Armor Kingdom of Heaven Sports & Outdoors

 
Dress and Morality
Orthodox Liturgical Dress : An Historical Treatment
 
Ecclesiastical Dress in the Medieval Near East (Studies in Textile Costume History, Vol 1)

Folk Dress in Europe and Anatolia : Beliefs About Protection and Fertility (Dress, Body, Culture Series) Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed

Ghost Dance

Clothing Matters : Dress and Identity in India

The Art of Mehndi

 

Hindu (Including Hare Krishna)
Veil : Modesty, Privacy and Resistance (Dress, Body, Culture Series) Languages of Dress in the Middle East The Islamic Modest Dress

Beauty in Arabic Culture (Princeton Series on the Middle East)

Qur'an and Woman : Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective

Flowers of Silk & Gold : 4 Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery
Cloth, Dress and Art Patronage in Africa (Dress, Body, Culture Series)

The Veil and the Male Elite : A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam

African Elegance Cut My Cote Ipek: The Crescent & the Rose: Imperial Ottoman Silks and Velvets

The Art of Palestinian Embroidery

Silk & Religion: An Exploration of Material Life & the Thought of People, A. D. 600-1200 'A Trade Like Any Other': Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt

Veil : Veiling, Representation, and Contemporary Art

  Making Talismans Books

 

Modesty: An Adornment for Life Fast and Festive Meals for the Jewish Holidays : Complete Menus, Rituals, And Party-Planning Ideas For Every Holiday Of The Year A Biblical Feast, Foods from the Holy Land

Rembrandt - Rabbi
Rabbi [of the 17th Century]
Rembrandt
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Battles of the Bible A Drizzle of Honey: The Life and Recipes of Spain's Secret Jews Fashion (Oxford History of Art)

A Drizzle of Honey: The Life and Recipes of Spain's Secret Jews Amulets, Talismans, And Magical Jewelry A Way To The Unseen, Everpresent, Almighty God Books Barbara Black Koltu Body Outlaws : Young Women Write About Body Image and Identity

 

Amulets Sacred Charms of Power and Protection Books Sheila Paine
Amulets & Talismans For Beginners Books
Amulets and Superstitions The Original Texts With Translations and Descriptions of a Long Series of Egyptian, Sume
Ceremonial Costumes of the Pueblo Indians : Their Evolution, Fabrication, and Significance in the Prayer Drama

Cherokee Dance : Ceremonial Dances & Dance Regalia  

Pagan Fleshworks: The Alchemy of Body Modification

Star Pot Belly Cauldron with Lid

Witches' Broom Silver Pewter Wiccan HECATE Pagan Pendant Necklace
 
Witches' Cauldron

Body Bizarre Body Beautiful  Mini Cauldrons - Set of Two

 

Why Do They Dress That Way? (Rev Ed) (People's Place Book, No 7) ("Plain" dress in America) The Amish Wedding and Other Special Occasions of the Old Order Communities
Amish Style : Clothing, Home Furnishing, Toys, Dolls, and Quilts
 
On the Backroad to Heaven : Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren (Center Books in Anabaptist Studies)
The Amish : A Photographic Tour
Dreads  Body Decoration : A World Survey of Body Art
The Gift to Be Simple: Life in the Amish Country

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