Gallery: Nun Fashion Is Way More Fascinating Than You Realize
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Looking Good is a book about nun habits.
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The book dissects the clothing of more than 40 orders of nuns.
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The book breaks the habit into a kit of parts.
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Turning the book, and habits, into a form of information design.
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The rosary.
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Each order is assigned a background color.
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Blue is associated with the Virgin Mary.
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The Franciscan Missionary Sisters wear a minimalist habit.
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The Carmelite family is assigned a grey background.
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Carmelites normally wear brown or white.
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The Byzantine Discalced Carmelites often work on the farm and hoist their habits up over their work boots when int he field.
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The Brigittine nuns wear a crown.
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The book breaks down the habit into individual parts.
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Including the veil, which sits on the head.
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And the scapular, which is a long panel of cloth with a hole for the head. It's worn over the tunic.
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Most nuns share a basic kit of parts.
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And then the colors and adornments can vary from order to order.
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The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul often wear blue
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The Order of the Most Holy Redeemer is said to wear the most symbolic habit.
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The very simple habits of Sisters of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of the Captives
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Each element of the Passionist habit symbolizes the crucifixion.
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The Camillian sisters initially wore black but changed to a white habit in the wake of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.
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The Little Sisters of Jesus choose to wear a habit that reflects the people they work alongside.
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The habit worn by Mother Theresa.
