The witnesses here on Maui are having a ball. The men wear often no ties in service or at the hall. The women wear tropical things, but I will say they are modest. From what I understand, when you give a talk is when a tie is mandatory, but you can do that with no coat on and simply a short sleeve shirt.
But then I have seen some on the nude beach too,, so go figure.
hey puter...
On this island and in my neck of the palms it is a different story...Young men got reprimanded for wearing tasteful dressshirts with patterns on them. Solid colored shirts were the rule in the congo I attended (neutral colors of course). . The JW men walk around this funkey little rural town with wearing dress shirts and ties, carrying their briefcases around and looking terribly out of place with everyone else running around in surf shorts and tank tops.
But in JW land things don't seem to make a whole lot of sense. One young girl here got up at an assembly and gave a talk about dress and grooming and she was wearing on of those skirts with the slit sides and a top that wasn't that modest either. There were a click of young beautiful girls in my congo on the mainland and they dressed to kill and got away with it. I think it was because while immodest as they were they looked really good.
One elders wife I know wears really modest clothes, but has some see through blouses (which require a camisole) but only wears a bra underneath and you can see her bra and everything and she ususally wore these special see throughs when she was on the platform--that was a bit strange to me .
I am easily chilled in the cold weather and on the main land I tended to bundle up. I remember going on on freezing cold days with sisters skimpily dressed all made up and wearing high heals. there was one sister who looked like an avon sales lady who made no efforts to hide the fact that she didn't like me. One especially cold day we were out in service and in a car group together. I was bundled from head to toe--scarves and hats and a big wool coat. It was clear that she didn't want to go to the door with me I guess because I had too many clothes on--I don't know. But when we got away from the car group she nastily looked me up and down and asked me if I wanted to work alone. It wasn't just me she was a genally uptight person.
I think there could be chapters written on JWs and clothing. The rules vary from congo to congo and region to region. I know a lot of places on the west coast are pretty loose about their dress and grooming and some places in hawaii as Puter described, but not all. It seems to be up to the elders what rules are enforced.
Ever know any theme dressing JWs? I knew of a few--sometimes they wore western clothes cowboy boots and all (the woman too) sometimes they dressed like they were from south america, etc.
cybs
