How do Quakers dress today?

There are Quakers of all ages, religious backgrounds, races and ethnicities, education, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, and classes. read more

Generally the same as anyone else but in the UK there is a trend now amongst Quakers for the wearing of pink socks, often hand-knitted. In the past, they were known to take their style of dress from the Orthodox Jews of Leeds. read more

There are Quakers of all ages, religious backgrounds, races and ethnicities, education, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, and classes. Modern Quakers generally “blend in” with the larger culture, rather than adopting the distinctive dress and patterns of speech associated with Quakers of earlier centuries. read more

Historically, all Quakers wore plain dress as an expression of the Testimony of Simplicity. Think: present-day clothing for the Amish. Fabric was usually cotton (or wool, depending on the season and practicality of use). read more