In the Bible, there were multiple occasions where God commanded His children to wear special clothing. God gave Adam and Eve “coats of skins” to wear as they left the Garden of Eden. Biblical scholars suggest that these coats of skins showed God’s personal care for mankind and other scholars believe these skins represented the atonement of Jesus Christ. On another occasion, God instructed the children of Israel, after their exodus from Egypt, how to worship Him. Among these instructions, God commanded the Children of Israel to build the Tabernacle and commanded Aaron and his sons to wear special clothing in their duties as priests. This set the priests apart as representatives of God. God also instructed His covenant people to wear specific clothing in Numbers 15:37-41. Here, the Children of Israel were commanded to make garments with fringes at the border. Commonly known as the prayer shawl, this fringed garment’s purpose was to help the covenant people remember the commandments of the Lord. info Information Sources: cancel https://search-ebscohost-com.byu.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=e025xna&AN=264889&site=ehost-live&scope=site https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Question:_Is_the_wearing_of_the_Mormon_temple_garment_not_supported_by_the_Bible%3F

Willard Richards Willard Richards cancel 1804-1854 Willard Richards joined the Mormon Church on December 31, 1836. He was called as a missionary the year after. Richards became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 14, 1840. In the following year, Richards became Joseph Smith’s scribe and the temple recorder. He was later appointed to be Smith’s personal secretary and the Mormon Church’s historian.

was appointed to be the scribe for Joseph Smith in 1841. He was in the meeting with Joseph Smith and some other members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and members of the first presidency on May 4, 1842, in Nauvoo. At this meeting, Richards recorded that Smith gave the first introduction to the temple ceremony. Although the records do not explicitly talk about the temple garment, other sources agree that this was the first occasion that temple garments were introduced.

L. John Nuttall L. John Nuttall cancel 1834-1905 L. John Nuttall worked as a private secretary to John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff, both of whom were presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He also wrote a journal that chronicled early church history.

kept a journal of the early history of the church. In one of his journals, he recorded Brigham Young Brigham Young cancel 1801-1877 Brigham Young joined the Mormon Church in April of 1832. He served three missions for the church in the U.S., Canada, and England. He was made a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on February 14, 1835, and then President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on April 14, 1840. After the murder of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, Brigham Young was recognized as the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon Church, at a conference on April 7, 1845. He organized the Mormon Church’s move west to the Salt Lake Valley. He was President of the Church until his death in 1877.

’s description of the first temple ceremony conducted by Joseph Smith on May 4, 1842. In this description, Nuttall wrote that Young was clothed in garments. info Information Sources: cancel https://bhroberts.org/records/09wgH3-ejQKCb/by_describes_first_endowment_use_of_garments

The Salt Lake Tribune published an article entitled “Lifting the Vail” on September 28, 1879. It described the endowment house, a temporary building where the temple endowment was performed while the Salt Lake Temple was being completed. The article also published drawings of temple clothing and temple garments. The rituals and rites performed during the endowment were described. Mormons consider these rites sacred and are troubled when people talk about them outside of dedicated buildings.

Rose Marie Reid Rose Marie Reid cancel 1906-1978 Rose Marie Reid was born in Alberta, Canada in September 1906. She married Jack Crossman Reid in 1935 and had three children with him. They divorced in 1946. Reid began designing swimsuits in the 1830s out of cotton rather than wool. She ran a very successful swimsuit design and production company from Los Angeles, California throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Her swimsuits were worn in Hollywood films. She was a Mormon her whole life. One of her swimsuit designs was constructed by her local Relief Society Relief Society cancel The Relief Society was organized in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1842. It was organized as the women’s organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was given the commission by Joseph Smith to “relieve the poor and save souls.” It is a charitable charitable and religious organization.

organization and the proceeds went to help build the Los Angeles Temple.

was asked by the Relief Society General President Belle Spafford Belle Spafford cancel Belle Spafford was born in 1895 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended Brigham Young University and met Willis Earl Spafford, whom she married in 1921. They had two children together. Spafford was called as the ninth Relief Society President and served for almost 30 years.

and President David O. McKay David O. McKay cancel David O. McKay was born in 1873 in Utah. He attended the University of Utah and became an educator at Weber State. He married Emma Ray Riggs in 1901 and had seven children with her. At the age of 32 McKay was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Following the death of George Albert Smith, McKay became the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1951. He served as president of the Church until his death in 1970.

to redesign women’s garments. Reid was a fashion designer. She started her career by redesigning swimsuits because of her own experiences wearing swimwear. She disliked the way that swimsuits, made from wool, became ill-formed after being in the water. Spafford and McKay wanted Reid to take some of her experience with swimsuit fabric and design and apply it to standardizing garment fabrics and patterns. Reid stated that she viewed this new project as a privilege. info Information Sources: cancel https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/relief-society?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/relief-society/relief-society-presidents/belle-smith-spafford?lang=eng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vvN4qJRBM0

The Mormon Church created a video called "Sacred Temple Clothing” in an effort to demonstrate greater transparency. The video shows temple garments or the underclothing worn by those who have made temple covenants. It also shows temple robes or the ceremonial clothing worn by those who are worshiping Jesus Christ in the temple.