They call it the prairie look: big hair, long dresses, and any colour you like, so long as it's pastel. Now the women of a Texas polygamist sect are cashing in on their recent infamy by launching a children's fashion label. The austere clothes, first showcased when inhabitants of the Yearning for Zion ranch flounced up Eldorado's courtroom steps in an attempt to regain custody of 463 of their children, yesterday became available to the public through the organisation's online shop. Bestsellers in the range, which was inspired by America's 19th-century pioneers, are expected to include a "baby dress with bloomers," denim dungarees, and a modest long-sleeved dress for teenage girls. All are being hand-stitched to traditional standards in a factory set up by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)....
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