I sent that text to two friends — a mirror selfie of me in a forgettable Madewell dress I bought not because I necessarily liked it but because it would cover my Latter-day Saint temple garments . I knew I could trust these two friends partly because they both wear garments. More importantly, I knew they were both (sorry, guys) as vain as I am.
It can be hard to find such friends these days. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but many Latter-day Saint women don’t really like wearing garments . Millennial women are abandoning the symbolic religious rite for reasons of doctrine or hygiene or fashion.
Generation Z seems to be collectively going on missions and then leaving their garments in Brazil or wherever they served. But the three of us are still trying to wear them — and in the summer, no less. Since early April, my friends and I have been texting almost every day in the pursuit of garment-friendly shorts.
We send dozens of links. A few days later, each of us responds with mirror selfies wearing the shorts purchased from said links. We are shocked every time to discover that women’s bodies are all different.
For one of us, our legs are far too long for the shorts. One insists hers are “the wrong shape.” One is pregnant and has the luxury of wearing shorts under her belly, thus extending the fabric a few crucial inches so as to cover her garments.
“I want to be pregnant!” we say. (We don’t.) Baggy is back Our efforts have resulted in the fascinating discove.
