Tomorrow is Black Friday, a day focused on sales, discounts and shopping. This year, Maxine Harrison suggests we look at some Christian brands to add to our wardrobes.
The clothes we wear are a reflection of our style and, whilst they don’t ultimately define us, in many ways our apparel can communicate aspects about who we are as a person. Tapping into the fashion side of Christendom are Christian designers who have launched stylish clothing lines that incorporate biblical images and slogans that point to God. This is a clever evangelistic tool that can prompt conversation from others about God as they enquire about the meaning behind your clothing.
Here is a list of 5 clothing brands that ship to the UK offering this.
1. BOLD Apparel
Founded by Christian influencers and Bible teachers Preston and Jackie Hill Perry, BOLD Apparel taps into street-style clothing by offering hoodies, t-shirts and more with various creative images and slogans on them.
From “Free Indeed” boldly printed on the back of a hoodie to “Jesus and Therapy” t-shirts, Bold Apparel creatively embeds wisely worded slogans on its clothing
From “Free Indeed” boldly printed on the back of a hoodie to “Jesus and Therapy” t-shirts, BOLD Apparel creatively embeds wisely worded slogans on its clothing collection designed to pique the interest of onlookers to enquire further about the meaning behind the brand. Preston, an evangelist, shared his inspiration for the brand came after making a shirt that says “Jesus is God and I dare you to tell me otherwise.” This prompted a lot of conversation and eventually led him to launch BOLD Apparel to create clothing that “Christians can wear and be proud of.”
Though the founders reside in America, BOLD Apparel ships internationally including to the UK.
Visit their website here: boldapparel.shop/
2. Fear of God
Founded by Jerry Lorenzo, Fear of God Essentials has been seen sported by the likes of Justin Bieber and Kanye West.
Founded by Jerry Lorenzo, Fear of God Essentials has been seen sported by the likes of Justin Bieber and Kanye West.
Lorenzo has spoken publicly before about his inspiration behind the brand to bring meaning to religious symbolism in fashion and how a bible devotional session he had with his parents helped inspire the aesthetics behind the brand.
Visit the website: fearofgod.com/en-gb
3. UNEARTHING LTD
Founded by Janine Harrison, Unearthing Ltd uses dynamic designs on slogans tees, jumpers and some accessories such as phonecases that glorify God. Janine said: “The vision behind UnEarthing is to empower people to ‘unearth’ the greater within them (John 4:4) and to commit to the process of getting to the root of their God-given potential. Its meaningful slogans serve as one of our means to remind individuals of their identity in Christ Jesus and to boldly embody the slogans they wear.”
Visit the website: unearthingltd.com
4. HOLY RELIGION
Based in the UK, Holy Religion offers affordable t-shirts, hoodies and more and has generously have even sometimes had sales to even offer t-shirts for free with customers only paying for delivery. The collections’ colour choices vary from baby pink to green. On their website, it says: “We are a small team of believers who love God, cherish our families, and are truly passionate about what we do every single day at Holy Religion.”
Visit the website: holyreligion.co.uk
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5. HOLY
Also, UK-based is HOLY. The brand uses exclusively embroidered designs making a strong finding in the simple yet effective design that simply states HOLY in capitals across all their clothing items. The founder, Shahinda says: “HOLY was birthed out of a deep love and passion for Jesus and for his love to be shared with all people. Fashion is a great vehicle to convey a message. Many people, especially younger generations, find identity through what they wear and there wasn’t enough Christian representation on the scene. We create premium quality pieces with a minimalist aesthetic; the standard for each piece produced is excellence, we serve an excellent God and he deserves the very best.
“Our aims are twofold; encouraging Christians to be bold about their faith in Christ and also sharing the love of God with all people, inviting conversations about Christ in a tangible way through fashion. Knowing the difference that God makes in our lives as Christians, we can’t keep it to ourselves! God is so amazing, we want everyone to know about him.”
Visit the website: holybrand.co.uk
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