Sunday Best

Sunday Fun day

Who came up with Sunday Clothes? As long as I can remember people tend to wear their "Sunday Best" whether it's going to breakfast with the family or for an hour of church. I asked my parents why do people dress up on Sunday and they responded, “because it’s the only day that the majority of us have off, so we would like to look decent for at least one day out of the week." Come on, having to wear a uniform or business attire, or casual clothes and not have the opportunity to dress up….well Sunday sounds like the best day to do so. Long behold, as I did my research I found that people on Sunday do indeed pull out their best outfits, some individuals happen to dig deep down in their closets and find a nice button up shirt where dust has set on the shoulders. Others, even lounge at home in a nice, comfortable outfits. It's easy like a Sunday Morning. The late eighteenth century and the Industrial Revolution started the whole dressing up for special occasions. What a person wore was basically an indicator as to their status- upper class, middle class, or lower class. Religion was another factor that affected a person's clothing choice, dressing up for church is a church etiquette. The Baptists taught that fine clothing separated the rich from the poor. The Methodists rejected people who wore expensive clothing. Some people consider dressing up for church as a way of honoring God. Nowadays, we know that clothes don't matter to God, he sees what's inside our heart and not what we’re wearing. In African American customs, a hat is not just a plain accessory; it speaks for itself. Women add a gorgeous hat to their bright or colorful Sunday outfit to style it up. So, it’s safe to say a hat is not just a hat….it’s a fashion statement.

Sources:

http://ccquakertown.org/pursuetruth/clothing-a-brief-history-of-sunday-best/

                           Schill, Nate. "CLOTHING: A BRIEF HISTORY OF “SUNDAY BEST”." PURSUE TRUTH RSS. Calvary Chapel's Quakertown Pursue Truth, 05 June 2013. Web. 17 May 2016.