Sect uses Web site to sell children's fashions

By BROOKE ADAMS, Salt Lake Tribune Thursday, July 3, 2008 SCHLEICHER COUNTY - A new clothing brand may be born out of the Texas raid on a polygamist sect. Sect women for the first time are offering their distinctive handmade children's clothes to the public through fldsdress.com. Launched initially to provide Texas authorities with clothing for Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints children in custody, the online store now is aimed at helping their mothers earn a living. The venture, which has already drawn queries from throughout the U.S., is banking on interest in modest clothes, curiosity and charity to be a success. "We don't know what to expect on demand, but we have had a flood of interest," said Maggie Jessop, a sect member. "Our motive is not to flaunt ourselves or our religion before the world.... [read full story]