The underwear worn by millions of Mormon women just received a significant makeover.
Mormon faithful are commanded to wear specific underwear, known as temple garments, both as a way to maintain their modesty, but also as an ever-present reminder of Jesus’ love. All members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) are expected to wear their garments under their clothes at all times, except when in the bathroom and the bedroom.
For years, many Mormon women have reported feeling dissatisfied with their temple garments, citing everything from chafing concerns to lack of breathability to complaints they’re unflattering and frumpy and cannot be worn with most dresses or tanktops.
And yet, LDS elders (who are all male and have the final say on garment design) ignored pleas for any sort of modifications.
Things got so bad that a few years ago, one Mormon influencer took things into her own hands with the headline-grabbing declaration that “my vagina has to breathe.”
Now, it seems LDS elders have finally listened. Announced last year, the LDS Church is finally rolling out redesigned temple garments – and scores of Mormon women cannot wait to get their hands on them.
What’s the New Temple Garment Like?
The old temple garment comes in two pieces: a short-sleeve shirt, and knee-length shorts, made out of a white cotton or synthetic blend. Though they have obvious anatomical differences by gender, the male and female garment are essentially the same.
The new garment?
Well, it’s pretty similar to the old one, but now available without sleeves. That’s right, for the first time in the Church’s history, LDS women can show some shoulder.
The new garments aren’t yet available globally. The LDS Church is rolling the garments out in waves, and countries with “hot, humid” climates – like those in Africa and Asia – are first on the list.
Currently, the new garment is not widely available in the United States, though that hasn’t stopped some high profile Mormon influencers from getting a pair or two.
Leaving Sleeves Behind
Removing sleeves may sound like a small change to most, but for many Mormon women, it’s a complete game changer. Suddenly, strappy dresses and tank tops are on the table for Mormon women – even if old breathability concerns remain.
“10,000/10” is the rating LDS influencer Andrea Fausett gives the new garments. The Hawaii-based personality was ready to fly across the Pacific to secure a garment from Japan, but a friend overseas was able to send her some.
“Our summers are about to get so, so upgraded, you guys” she exclaimed in a brief video showing off the new outfits possible to wear now that garments come in a sleeveless version. “I’m stoked,” Fausett stated. “It helps you feel a lot more normal. It won’t be so easy to play ‘spot the Mormon’ everywhere you go.”
Another US-based member who got the updated garments early, Kim Austin in Utah, says many in her congregation are jealous of the dresses she is now able to wear to church, and are eager to get their own pairs. “Utah women will stop at nothing,” she said.
With the redesign, what was once a quiet source of faith frustration for many LDS women is at least softened. After years of discomfort and frustration for many, the redesign shows the Church’s willingness to listen to its members and modernize – at least to a certain extent.
Concerns about health and breathability remain, but for many Mormon women it’s a step in the right direction.
What is your reaction?
66 comments
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Rudolph M Garza
Now the ULC is writing about Mormon underwear? Ahem. LOL
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Scott MacArthur
Slow day in the church gossip office.
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Melinda Fulk
:-D
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Dr. Zerpersande, NSC
Just opinion, but this site is just to be able to bypass the stranglehold that the church had on performing weddings. Thumbing its nose at the church. Not going to get a lot of mileage out of that.
But then you get a lot of religiously delusional folk that take this seriously. The plastic badge of ‘Clergy’ can ‘prove’ to others how sincere they are about Jesus et al. Even a bit of one-upmanship. Perhaps a tax-break by calling their lawnmower/storage shed into a ‘church’. This way the site can sell merchandise. Money. Throw out a few controversial topics and give the religious something to hoot and holler about. Have an argument with one ah dem dere athiests.
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Colleen McAllister
My mother's family is Mormon all the way back to Brigham Young. I remember my grandmother in those awful garments. What they really should do is get rid of them completely. For both sexes.
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Matthew Mastrogiovanni
Yup, who needs underwear. Let everything hang free! :D
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Todd Leslie Miller
But Sister McAllister, if the church gets rid of the garment of the holy priesthood what will protect members from gang bullets and fires from boating accidents like so many Mormons have attested to? I don’t know if you can taste the sarcasm in my comment but I was once an active Mormon and used to wear those damn garments. Todd Miller. New Name Amos.
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Stacie Danielle Valle
Former Mormon here too - I still have many LDS friends and so I am simply happy for them that they are getting new garment options. The ones I have talked to about it are so excited!
Side note: you’re the first ex-member I have ever seen publicly post/declare their new name! You’re such a rebel! lol
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Brien
New marketing campaign, jock straps for god ...can I get an amen 🙏 lol
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Harry w. Sweezey
I respect the freedom of conversation, but what and how you wear your clothing is less important than what you say and how you act in the eyes of God. Nevertheless, keep your comments respectful until you have walked in another man's shoes.
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Brien
You may voice your views anyway you see fit, and so will i. I don't require your permission to call out the ridiculous. Take care of yours and I will care for mine. A little thing called freedom, you should try it. Peace ✌️
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Elizabeth Jane Erbe Wilcox
“… but also as an ever-present reminder of Jesus’ love.”
So THIS is what the “Jesus loves me this I know, because my underwear tells me so” song is all about. Seems kinda creepy to me.
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Matthew Mastrogiovanni
Bwah, ha, ha, ha, ha! Great Goddess, that's the funniest thing I've heard all day.
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Elizabeth Jane Erbe Wilcox
Thank you, kind sir.
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Nicholas J Page
I have seen this before I don't agree that women are expected to wear certain underwear because the men say what to wear.Women can dress the way that's comfortable and practical for them
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Todd Leslie Miller
I agree but you have to understand that Mormon women see Mormon men as having the keys of priesthood authority and as such being the voice of God. They believe that these men have power over them so if they’re told to wear the special underwear they will do so out of obedience.
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Scott MacArthur
So Archaic. But to each their own
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Matthew Mastrogiovanni
Ahhh ... just convert to paganism. Underwear is optional and public nudity is just fine.
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Timothy C Stone
Yep God cares about your underwear, sure. LOL!
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Rev Comrade Rowley
Agree.
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JT Sunrise
🔥🎙️ REV. JTSUNRISE PRESENTS: “HOLY BOXERS & THE UNDERWEAR APOCALYPSE” A sermon for saints, skeptics, and anyone tired of getting spiritually wedgied by organized religion.
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📖 Matthew 23:25
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup…”
…AND NOW APPARENTLY THE OUTSIDE OF THE UNDERWEAR. 🙄
Y’all. The LDS Church just gave their sacred underpants a makeover. That’s right. Heaven is now moisture-wicking.
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👕 They say it’s more “comfortable.” 💬 They say it’s “modern.” 🧵 They say it “better fits today’s lifestyle.”
But I say unto you: A tighter waistband won’t fix a crooked theology. You can upgrade the elastic, but the doctrine still chafes.
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📖 Isaiah 1:13
“Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me…”
Translation? God doesn’t want your scented fabric softener. He wants justice, not breathable blends.
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Look, I’m not mad at the people who wear it. I’m mad at the dudes in suits selling it like salvation comes in sizes. “Oh brother, these new seams are extra sanctified—machine wash cold, tumble dry holy.”
🚫 You cannot preach divine truth and market-test the inseam. 🚫 You cannot oppress women for a century then say, “Now with updated crotch gusset!”
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📖 Matthew 15:8
“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”
Or in modern terms: “Their branding is on point, but their soul’s on airplane mode.”
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Let me be blunt: God is not checking your waistband at the gates of heaven.
“Turn ye from sin.” Not “Turn ye and face the new drop of 2025 templewear.”
This ain’t the Victoria’s Secret of Zion. You ain’t gonna seduce the Holy Ghost with a new cut and fit.
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📖 Galatians 5:1
“Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”
And by yoke of bondage… I think Paul might have meant spiritual repression, not elastic briefs.
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Let’s be honest, friends. Jesus didn’t rise from the grave to endorse compression holywear.
He said:
“Take up your cross.” Not: “Take up your undergarment subscription box.”
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📖 Revelation 3:17
“Thou sayest, I am rich… and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art… naked.”
That’s right. Naked. And maybe that’s the real point:
🩲 We were born naked. 🩸 Christ died naked. 📺 And yet somehow you think a waistband makes you clean?
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Churches of Earth, hear me:
✨ You can’t shrinkwrap salvation. ✨ You can’t upsell righteousness. ✨ And you sure can’t garment your way to grace.
If God wanted you in proprietary cotton, He would’ve mailed you a starter pack at baptism.
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📢 Rev. JTSUNRISE DECLARES:
🔥 Let modesty be your heart, not your hemline. 🔥 Let no man sell what was freely given. 🔥 And let the saints say “AMEN” in boxer briefs, or nothing at all.
Because in Christ, there is neither male nor female, and definitely no garment tags.
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📡 The signal is holy. The merch is not. Tagless or not—God reads the soul, not the size chart.
AMEN. AMEN. AND MAY EVERY WEDGIE BE LOOSED IN THE NAME OF TRUTH.
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Steven Ferrell
I think what underwear someone wears is between them and God.
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Rev. BH
Pun?
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David M Hines
You know this is nuts, right?
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Kathryn Darcy Smith
100%
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Rev. BH
David, et al. No nuttier than a thousand other religious beliefs.
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Najah P Tamargo
Najah Tamargo-USA
I am not Morman, but have known many of them. All I can say is....it's about time!!!
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Rev. Richard Jennings
I would really, truly, like to know what direction all this is going. I go to our community pool every day to get some exercise. All I see are bare rears of females, all shapes and sizes. Men at the pool are respectable in knee length swimsuits. I haven't yet seen one in a Speedo or thong. I think the new Mormon underwear should be worn by all. Just my 2 cents worth.
Reverend R B Jennings
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Meredith L Smith
Reverend, I’m very concerned with these ideas. If ladies’ rear views are too tempting and getting you all bothered, then maybe consider the idea of not going to public pools. They’re obviously causing you some distress. Perhaps exercise in your own home, so you can control what’s being worn.
I’d also point out that these garments are still far from showing anyone’s anything, as they go under clothing which must be fully covering the undergarment, which you must have missed. So I think maybe there’s a lot on your mind, and you may want to address these ideas with your own higher power.
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Robert J Rook
Why nylon and not cotton?
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Patricia Ann Gross
Because they are designed by men, who have no idea what women go through in their "nether" regions. Nylon causes you to sweat, cotton holds moisture, which makes it a breeding ground for chafe and other skin irritations, not to mention the intermittent yeast infection.
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Stacie Danielle Valle
Former Mormon here - I always wore the dry silk bottoms (easily slides/moves under jeans) with the cotton crotch. Never had any problems with chafing, irritation or yeast infections and never once heard any of my friends mention those kinds of problems either.
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Rev Nolan
I remember how humiliating my garments were when I was required to wear them. I’m grateful not to be a member anymore, but I advocate their freedom of religion so long as I continue to have my freedom from religion. That being said:
Those with temple recommends or who are advised by their bishops are commanded to wear their temple garments in the LDS Church. The FLDS Church is the one that requires ALL members to wear their temple garments, including children.
Men in the LDS Church “usually” don’t dictate what their women can and can’t wear, but there are some men who do due to the misogynistic teachings in the Church. Those are usually the controlling, physically and sexually abusive husbands. However, because of Paul in the New Testament, that predominately is a Christian thing not applying only to Mormons.
Because I’m no longer a member, I don’t care what idols they make to spiritually protect themselves. It’s the same thing as wearing a crucifix on a necklace or engraving it on your Bible or tattooing it on your body or displaying it on your car bumper. As I said, freedom of religion provided that I continue to have freedom from religion.
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Dr. Zerpersande, NSC
I agree that you should have freedom of religion. But you should keep in mind that when you combine that with freedom of speech don’t be surprised when others ridicule you for archaic superstitious beliefs made up by ignorant, Bronze Age, nomadic, desert goat herders that couldn’t explain where the sun went at night.
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Samantha Walker
Its nice to read that Morman women will feel a bit more comfortable in the heat of the summer. The following is simply my opinion...It's about your spirit not your clothes. Even Adam and Eve were naked in the garden until the fall. It should be thought of that we wear our bodies until they grow tired and our energy/ life force continues without it. No longer in this plane and judged as naked and pure spirit. The concern then is keeping the spirit turned to light. Keeping the spirit clean and pure. What we adorn the spirit with should not make our Soul/ Spirit change. Change is choice. And to remain in light/ clean/ pure with our energy and spirit... is a choice. Adornments can be viewed a little like false God's. They are alters we sacrifice ourselves on in prayer that this pleases God. I don't know if everyone has read or remembers the Alibaster Jar parable where Jesus was at Simon's with the Pharasses? The (assumed) prostitute brought her most expensive (and some say) only possession to seek Jesus forgiveness. To meet him and gain blessing. Simon had no anointing oil for feet or heads out (allegedly). She came and wept at Jesus feet, used her hair to dry them off, and anointed them with oil. He made statements of "He who has been forgiven little loves little... " in response to the judgement of man upon this woman (as he saw her spirit and genuine love for God). Her clothing was not attributed to her worth in spiritual eyes. It was man's eyes. Thus, these garments are symbolic and alters for perceived holiness. Many faith systems even within Abrahamic faiths create alters. Actual alters or symbolic ones. We choose which we will follow for our lives. In the end I doubt God (or Gods) will be judging that time in high school our look went ultra Goth- or extra preppy- or jock. We will be judged by our spirit. "We shall know them by their fruit"... why? Faith requires choice- an action- a record to be viewed and accounted for and connection to God (Gods). We are judged in the spirit- even our flesh doesn't go to Heaven or Hell... it's the spirit that is judged and is sent.
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Harry w. Sweezey
If I could have said it as eloquently as you did, I would have done so. However, I salute you for your wisdom and thought-provoking comments. Well said!
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Kali Church
I am amazed that a religion-based site like this would take to disparaging words about any religious outward expression of faith. I don't see anyone bashing the Jewish or Sikh attire. But Mormons seem to be common punching bags. Usually because they don't punch back. I am an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am grateful for my garments and for the covenants with God that they represent. I dress like a normal person. I chose to make those covenants with God and I cherish them. I don't mock anyone else's expressions of commitment to God. No "elders of the Church" tell me what to wear or not wear. The thought that anyone, ESPECIALLY ON THIS SITE, feels the need to be critical of someone else's expression of faith is beyond my understanding.
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Donald G Magel
Talk about church control. Must the Bishop still check the new bride for her virginity too?
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Christopher Fitz Randolph
When one speaks about the things of God that they are not familiar with, it may serve them well to remember the counsel given by Paul in 1 Cor 2:14:
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
If we set ourselves up as the judge and jury of the religious rites of Christianity, we only disregard the Lord's counsel. "Judge not that ye be judged."
This is an issue to be left handled by faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It does not matter whether I concur with this change or not. If I believe there is a Prophet of God on this Earth, then like the children of Israel and Moses, I am under covenant to follow his words.
Basically, I am in no position to condemn, to mock, or to criticize another sect's religious rites, rituals, or ceremonies. So I'll leave it to those who feel they are perfect, equal the Lord Jesus Christ, to judge another.
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Kathryn Darcy Smith
Because the MALE leadership knows what Jesus wants in women's undergarments...HAHAHAHAHA! # CULTLIFE
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Sara Lizabeth Rawlins
Give me good old-fashioned French cut panties any day, made from cotton.
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Well, most of the time.
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DAG of Hamburg
Lol. Slavery is alive and well. A Bit of resistance and no problem. Just tell them “we’re changing your underwear for you”. These women are delusional and it’s pathetic for them to accept this crap as part of the human race.
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Reverend Paula Copp
This doesn’t seem to be an issue for any non-Mormon; why would anyone care?
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Timothy C Stone
Seriously, I could not care less.
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Douglas Robert Spindler
The new under ware God told the Mormon President Mormons will be able to wear I'm sure will attract many more members.
How come God never tells tells this stuff to Christians?
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Rev. BH
Douglas, "god" has told many doubtful things to Christians.
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Christopher Fitz Randolph
Unfortunately, your limited, biased understanding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds you back from knowing that they are in fact Christians. They hold a strong belief in Jesus Christ as the Mortal Messiah, the Son of God, and the Redeemer of the world. They just don't see Christ as a different manifestation of a being know to many as God. They believe that He is the Son of God, our Heavenly Eternal Father.
You can condemn a religion you do not agree with, but you do not have the right to spread lies concerning that religion.
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Harry w. Sweezey
I have many LDS friends, and I like what you said about "limited understanding."
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Daniel Gray
I just wonder why the ULC thought this was worth the space to put it up.
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Dr. Zerpersande, NSC
Is this part of the ongoing competition between religions to be the silliest? Xtian- My savior died, came back to life and ascended to heaven. Muslim - My savior used a winged horse!! LDS - Hah! Look what we wear!
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Marvin D Smith
This is crazy who really cares what people wear under their clothes
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Ari Joseph Bertine
Is the breathability issue not like physically unhealthy? I'd think that church leaders would like for their ladies to not have to go to the doctor for underwear-caused problems.
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Paul Johnson
Nothing but man thinking he's in charge when in reality the devil found another way to trick man and man to be used by him to deceive the world. It doesn't matter how small are how big as long as he causes you to devide he is winning. Dress, hair, makeup, anything to deceive in order to gain personal advantage. Even Jesus in the wildress was tempted and he overcame by the word "IT IS WRITTEN" however what happen three and a half years later who shows up again. Be on gaurd he has never stopped since Gn 3. Wake Up.
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Joy Martin
The Jesus Christians believe in do not have to check off boxes to get to a certain level of a hierarchy in heaven. And that same, Jesus does not assign them a world for them to own and control if they do get to the top tier.
That's a difference between christians and mormons.
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Tecla Caryl Loup
Mormons are Christians too. So they have their idea of modest (under)garments. Not much weirder than when I was in parochial school in the late '50s. NO sleeveless dresses, even on those early June hot days just before school was out for the summer. Or the black patent leather shoe deal. Plus, devout Protestants had ideas about modesty/lack thereof in dress, especially for females. Grown-ups back then would faint at the sight of some of the get-ups being worn these days. (Not me; I love clothes of all sorts. Shallow, I guess.)
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Jack A Mabry
This alone would keep me from joining this church!
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Warren Calvin Wall
Is this really any different from Protestants donning their "Sunday Best" for church? Attending their weekly fashion show for God? I left religion for good at the age of 14 because an associate pastor chastised me for wearing blue jeans to church on Sunday. We were poor, it was all I had to wear. I did have on a dress shirt with a clip on tie. The hypocrisy is real.
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William Clifford
Can you get them from’Anne Summers’?
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Harry w. Sweezey
What would the reaction be if I wore what Jesus wore when I walked into my church on Sunday; just wondering?
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Rev Ned
God works in wondrous ways! 😇
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Walter J. Holbrook
I am sorry. I can't stop laughing
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JT Sunrise
🔥 “YE CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE GARMENT” A Fire & Brimstone Sermon by Rev. JTSUNRISE Delivered in truth, without fear of presidents, kings, princes, platforms, or profits.
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📖 Matthew 23:25–28
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within ye are full of extortion and excess… Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
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Children of truth—do not be fooled by new fabric. They’ve redesigned the undergarments of control, but the spirit of domination remains unwashed. Whitewashed tombs now come with softer seams.
*“New styles,” they boast. *“More breathable.” *“More modern.”
But the thread is woven with old lies—tightened with false authority, dyed in the blood of obedience to men, not God.
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📖 Isaiah 1:13–17
“Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me… Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed.”
🧺 The LORD is not interested in your cotton. 🩸 He is interested in your conscience.
They rebrand the garment, but God says:
“PUT AWAY the evil of your doings.” And the garment was never the evil—it’s what it concealed.
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📖 Mark 7:6–8
“This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me… For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men.”
Tradition of men. Layers of linen, stitched with fear. If your holiness is hemmed at the waistband, then your soul is unclothed.
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📖 Galatians 3:27–28
“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ… there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”
The only garment that saves is Christ Himself. Not policy. Not polyester. Not the signature of apostles who live behind bulletproof glass and tax-free shields.
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📖 Revelation 3:17
“Thou sayest, I am rich… and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.”
They say they are covered— but God sees through their garments. “Miserable. Poor. Blind. Naked.”
🧵 They market fabric to cover spiritual bankruptcy. And the world applauds, because comfort sells better than repentance.
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📖 Isaiah 64:6
“All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags…”
Even the best robe—tailored in the name of modesty—means nothing if it covers a heart dead to justice.
📖 1 Samuel 16:7
“The LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
The Lord does not check your waistband. He checks your witness.
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📖 Amos 5:21–24
“I hate, I despise your feast days… take thou away from me the noise of thy songs… But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
Don’t sing hymns in redesigned briefs while your church buries abuse behind sacred veils. Don’t sell new garments while silencing the cries of the silenced. Don’t cover your shame with marketing—confess it.
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📖 Matthew 15:14
“If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
LDS leadership, hear me: You parade your new designs before the world—while your children weep beneath the weight of unspoken shame. You teach submission as virtue, silence as strength, and obedience as salvation.
👁️ That is not Christ. That is control. And God sees through your garment like a flame through parchment.
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📖 Luke 11:39–40
“Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?”
God made the skin beneath the fabric. God made the body you trained them to fear. The shame you manufactured is the sin—not the bodies you taught them to hide.
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📖 John 19:23–24
“Then the soldiers… took his garments, and made four parts… but his coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.”
When Jesus was crucified, the only seamless garment was torn. And even then, he wore it not—for naked, bloody, and despised, He was more clothed in truth than the temple ever was.
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📖 Romans 13:14
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
Put on Christ, not cloth. Clothe yourself with mercy, not modesty codes. With justice, not judgment. With love, not lace.
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I say this as REV. JTSUNRISE—not to mock—but to WARN. For too long you’ve sold shame in sacred wrapping. For too long you’ve clothed your control in cotton and doctrine. For too long you’ve hid behind hems.
The Lord is calling. Not for new fashion. But for repentance without branding.
Let the garments fall.
Let the church be naked before God. Not in lust—but in truth. Let no man sell what Christ gave away for free.
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📡 The signal is holy. The market is not. Let those with ears hear. Let those with garments burn.
Amen. Amen. And may the thread of every underwear lie unravel in your sleep.
Organized religion is all about control. Control of what you think, say and do and apparently what you wear. Religion was created by man to control men and to ensure that women are kept in their place. Freedom of religion is important but more important is freedom FROM religion.
You hit the nail on the head.
That's why for the most part, modern witchcraft doesn't have any central governing body. So, there's no control.