Ellen G. White Writings

1 Healthful Living, p. 209.4 (Ellen Gould White)

898. A dress thus long gathers dew from the grass, ... and in its bedraggled condition it comes in contact with the sensitive ankles, which are not sufficiently …

2 Selected Messages Book 2, p. 477.1 (Ellen Gould White)

Women should clothe their limbs with regard to health and comfort. They need to have their limbs and feet clad as warmly as men. The length of the fashionable female dress is objectionable for several reasons.

3 Selected Messages Book 2, p. 477.2 (Ellen Gould White)

1. It is extravagant and unnecessary to have the dress of that length that it will sweep the sidewalks and streets.

4 Selected Messages Book 2, p. 477.3 (Ellen Gould White)

2. A dress thus long gathers dew from the grass, and mud from the streets, which makes it uncleanly.

5 Selected Messages Book 2, p. 477.4 (Ellen Gould White)

3. In its bedrabbled condition it comes in contact with the sensitive ankles, which are not sufficiently protected, quickly chilling them, and is one of the greatest causes of catarrh, and of scrofula swellings, and endangers health and life.

6 Selected Messages Book 2, p. 477.5 (Ellen Gould White)

4. The unnecessary length is an additional weight upon the hips and bowels.

7 Selected Messages Book 2, p. 477.6 (Ellen Gould White)

5. It hinders the walking, and is also often in other people's way.

8 Selected Messages Book 2, p. 477.7 (Ellen Gould White)

There is still another style of dress which will be adopted by a class of so-called dress reformers. They will imitate the opposite sex, as nearly as possible …

9 Selected Messages Book 2, p. 477.8 (Ellen Gould White)

In this style of dress God's order has been reversed, and his special directions disregarded. Deuteronomy 22:5. “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth …

10 The Great Visions of Ellen G. White, p. 20.9 (Roger W. Coon)

In the area of dress she cautioned: “Shun extremes.” “There is a medium position in these things. Oh, that we all might wisely find that position and keep it.” Selected Messages 2:477. Testimonies for the Church 1:425 .