Where do the women in the polygamist compound in Texas buy their clothes?

I checked Abercrombie & Fitch and can't find that style. It looks like they're sewing the tablecloths after they finish eating dinner into dresses. Any ideas?

momgoingbroke said: I was wondering who does their hair. They all have the EXACT same hairstyle, with curves in the EXACT same places. Makes it look like they are all of the same bloodline....

I was thinking about that too. Someone should tell them the beehive is no longer in style.

I was watching the news, and some said that the colors of their dresses have meaning.

Something about the husbands are going to be a god(or something) in heaven, and the wives are jewels in his crown.

Beboparoo said: shopliftinginva said: Don't anyone tell Scott about the polygamy thing or he'll be converting to Mormon so he can have more women waiting on him.


Did you see that one chick's monobrow? You know if she has that they don't shave their legs or under their arms. No, I need to look this up now. Are there any pics online?

Even the Amish show more leg than they do.

they have their own seamstress in the compound

here she is...

Are we allowed to discuss this weirdo cult? I know the wacky mods sometimes decides to view cults as religions *cough* scientology *cough*

Book

Okay, it wasn't written by the woman, but she provided first hand accounts of what happens in these groups. It was pretty scary stuff. I think I stumbled into reading it because Kon Krakauer wrote "Into Thin Air" which I've read several times.

These women are empty, catatonic....it's called brainwashing. They have no sense of reality, but I don't blame them. They are born into this culture and don't know anything else. At what point does someone step in and not allow another generation to be raised like this though? People in other states are allowed to marry at 15, not in Texas though. So, aside form the legal issues in this case, remove that component and how does this group of people choosing to live like they do really affect any of us? They aren't normal as the definition of what we call normal, but within their community they are. They aren't allowed to know anything different, does that make them bad people? People always judge others who don't dress, act, speak like what their perception of how people should act. Again, legal issues aside. I am not defending them, I am just wondering why, if they choose to live some odd,sheltered life within their compound, why should we care?

shopliftinginva said: Beboparoo said: shopliftinginva said: Don't anyone tell Scott about the polygamy thing or he'll be converting to Mormon so he can have more women waiting on him.Did you see that one chick's monobrow? You know if she has that they don't shave their legs or under their arms.No, I need to look this up now. Are there any pics online?Go to CNN. Because they actually got to take a look inside the compound with their cameras, they are showing this news almost without end.

TM1 said: I am just wondering why, if they choose to live some odd,sheltered life within their compound, why should we care? Well, first off, age issues aside, it's against the law to have that many wives. If they keep going throughout generations, we're going to have a huge population of these people and they might no longer be a fringe minority in areas. What happens if some weirdo takes the reins at one of these compounds and start stockpiling weapons and decides to do something?

Wouldn't be the first time either.

I haven't followed this story, but although you have a point that right now they apparently are peacefully living their live, SOMETHING had to have been done to bring them to the eye of the government. I doubt they are the only group like that in this country.

Thinking of starting the SP cult for wayward women.

shopliftinginva said: StarPilot said: Thinking of starting the SP cult for wayward women. You've GOTTA let us cry though.Deal,now go get us some DD.

TM1 said: I have far bigger issues with fringe groups like white supremacists which are ALL over the U.S. and they have shit-piles of weapons. But people ignore them because on the outside, they fit into society better.They also live among us, which makes it even harder to detect what they are doing.

If they didn't 'marry' the girls under 18, IMO it would be not be as big of a deal. What adults do together IMO is not our business as long as they don't hurt anyone else. Kids don't have a say in the matter, however--being forced into marriages at such a young age (esp. to icky old men) crosses the line.

iRabbitt said: If they didn't 'marry' the girls under 18, IMO it would be not be as big of a deal. What adults do together IMO is not our business as long as they don't hurt anyone else. Kids don't have a say in the matter, however--being forced into marriages at such a young age (esp. to icky old men) crosses the line. And that was one of the things said by the woman interviewed in the book I read. If I remember correctly, she was being forced to wed a guy like 60 years old and she was a teen.

shopliftinginva said: If I remember correctly, she was being forced to wed a guy like 60 years old and she was a teen.

That would be any normal teens worst nightmare--but like TM said most of these kids are so brainwashed they only repeat what's been drilled into them.

Here is another problem I see. Mothers are supposed to protect their children. For most mothers, that is instinct and comes naturally because it is part of development that is passed down. Nobody is protecting these women, nobody protected them as children. They don't have that instinct because it was shown to them. They also only know one way, the way they were raised and they don;t think that there is anything wrong and don't think there is reason for protection from the other members. Not right, but is it their fault? These women are so removed from reality.

momgoingbroke said: TM1 said: I have far bigger issues with fringe groups like white supremacists which are ALL over the U.S. and they have shit-piles of weapons. But people ignore them because on the outside, they fit into society better.They also live among us, which makes it even harder to detect what they are doing. One of the big things I noticed when I moved to Virginia was how open some people are with their racism. If they are any indication of how white supremacists are, there's no hiding what they do. It's pretty out in the open how they feel and they tend to brag about their racism.

With groups like this one in Texas, they are cut off from the real world and no one knows what's going on in there. THAT's the part that scares me.

Judge orders polygamist girl into foster care
By Michelle Roberts
The Associated Press

SAN ANGELO, Texas — A Texas judge has ordered a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly married to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs be taken from her mother and placed in foster care.
Texas District Judge Barbara Walther on Tuesday said there was "uncontroverted evidence of the underage marriage."

Witnesses for the state have argued during the custody hearing in San Angelo that the girl's mother, Barbara Jessop, isn't a suitable caregiver because the girl and several other children were involved in underage marriages. Walther said she was concerned that Jessop was unable to provide assurances the girl could be protected in the future. Walther, however, said the girl's 11-year-old brother would be allowed to stay with his mother.

Child welfare authorities have been investigating the cases of 440 children since the Texas Supreme Court ordered that the children removed from the Yearning For Zion Ranch in April be returned to their parents.