Gallery: Nun Fashion Is Way More Fascinating Than You Realize

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    Looking Good is a book about nun habits.
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    The book dissects the clothing of more than 40 orders of nuns.
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    The book breaks the habit into a kit of parts.
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    Turning the book, and habits, into a form of information design.
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    The rosary.
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    Each order is assigned a background color.
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    Blue is associated with the Virgin Mary.
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    The Franciscan Missionary Sisters wear a minimalist habit.
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    The Carmelite family is assigned a grey background.
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    Carmelites normally wear brown or white.
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    The Byzantine Discalced Carmelites often work on the farm and hoist their habits up over their work boots when int he field.
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    The Brigittine nuns wear a crown.
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    The book breaks down the habit into individual parts.
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    Including the veil, which sits on the head.
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