Yearning for Polygamist Fashion

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dress150.jpgRejoice, ye Laura Ingalls Wilder wannabes.

People have called the Yearning for Zion ranch members a lot of names since their compound was raided in April, but “fashionable” has never been one of them. Until now.

The New York Times reports that members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (FLDS) have begun peddling their prairie-chic children’s couture online.

Modesty, it turns out, is totally affordable. The Jr. Teens girls’ underwear, which, with long sleeves and pants, is the ultimate anti-thong, costs between $25 and $32, depending on size. The Teen Princess Dress will set you and your flesh-concealing daughter back $60 to $73.

The bummer is that so far, the FLDSdress.com only sells clothes in kids’ sizes. Which leads us to the real question: Where does Chloe Sevigny’s character on Big Love get her weird duds?

Photo courtesy of fldsdress.com.

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