Plain dress is a practice among some religious groups, primarily some Christian churches in which people dress in clothes of traditional modest design, sturdy fabric, and conservative cut. It is inten
An Old Order Amish family in traditional plain dress
Rheba Crawford in New York City in the 1920s, wearing her Salvation Army uniform, a dark plain dress and bonnet
Women of the Old Order River Brethren, an Anabaptist Christian denomination, wearing the cape dress and kapp
New Order Amish children playing baseball in plain clothing
The Amish, formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss and Alsatian origins. Because they maintain a degree of separation from surrou
Plain dress
…The practice is generally found among the following Anabaptist branches: Amish (Old Order Amish, New Order Amish, Kauffman Amish Mennonites, Beachy Amish Mennonites, Old Beachy Amish), Para-Amish (Believers in Christ, Vernon…
An Amish family riding in a traditional Amish buggy in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Cover of The Amish and the Mennonites, 1938
Red barns are common on Amish farms.
A view of Amish farms from westbound US 30