What is fashion theology? And what is the link between Christianity, clothing, and the textile industry? Freelance journalist and photographer Whitney Bauck, creator and host of the blog Unwrinkling, gives us a glimpse into the world of fashion and religion, and how the two worlds are, and should be, related. This is a fascinating conversation into something few people actually know about.
The conversation begins with a little background on Whitney, from her roots as the daughter of missionaries in the Philippines to her time at Wheaton College, and finally to how she came to create a website devoted to the link between faith and fashion. Her passion for the topic started young, while in school in Manila and exposed to a diversity of cultural customs and a world of poverty. This passion was furthered in college where she was able to work her interest in art and clothing into every one of her classes that she took at Wheaton. Indeed, she recalls fondly how she convinced a professor to allow her to write on fashion for her art history class even though that theme was a bit off topic for the course. This further spurred Whitney onwards to think more critically about the linkage between clothing, consumer choices, and the textile industry, and to eventually develop a blog devote to the subject.
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