Why determines the length of garments?

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• Who makes them? A Mormon tailor or is there a manufacturer who produces them? Can anyone get a job at this company? Can non mormons help produce them? what happens to a non Mormon who wears them?

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  by I am the God of Hellfire on November 24th, 2008

• You mean to tell me donny and Marie when they were prancing around on stage had these magical underwear on? Where were Marie's when she was on Dancing Under the Stars? Oh pardon me Dancing with the Stars..(didn't watch just saw on the news)

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  by I am the God of Hellfire on November 24th, 2008

• Hellfire, I’m not sure who the Church contracts to make them (or even if it be a nonprofit subsidiary of the Church, which seems more likely), but the bottom line is that the Church has say over how they are made, and it wouldn’t surprise me to know that there’s even some legalities in place (e.g. a patent, or whatever) to keep others from producing them.
   
  As for Donny and Marie, maybe they were wearing them, maybe they weren’t; that’s for them to say. (I will say that I’ve seen a photo of Marie, in recent weeks, in which there’s no way she could have gotten garments under the outfit she had on.) Either way, though, the garments themselves are hardly “magical,” as you put it; they simply represent the covenants an individual has made in the temple. It’s kind of like a priest or minister wearing his stereotypical religious garb, only Latter-day Saints keep our “religious garb” between us and God, instead of flaunting it in front of everyone.
   
  HTH!

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  by the Otter on November 24th, 2008

• They're made by Beehive Clothing, which is a non profit subsidiary of the Church.

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  by Anonymous on December 1st, 2008

• Thanks, Anon. I knew Beehive Clothing was involved, but I wasn’t sure if that was technically a subsidiary.

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  by the Otter on December 1st, 2008

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• so this severly limits what fashions one can wear I imagine. Or has the church altered them over time to fit with modern fashion?
  Do mormons wear them under their swimsuits?

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  by I am the God of Hellfire on November 24th, 2008

• It does somewhat limit the fashions one can wear, but not unduly. As long as one is being reasonably modest in his or her dress, it shouldn’t ever be a problem.
   
  As for swimwear, I think you’d be hard pressed to find someone attempting to wear garments under a swimsuit. There’s probably somebody out there that does it, but I don’t know of anyone. Many Saints will even remove them during excessively strenuous activities, out of respect for the garment and the covenant it represents. (Steve Young, for example, didn’t wear them during football games.)
   
  HTH!

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  by the Otter on November 24th, 2008

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• LOL

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  by the Otter on December 1st, 2008

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