The idea and practice of having clergy dress in a distinctive way has a long history. The phrase “man of the cloth,” to mean a clergyman, goes back to the late 17th century. In 1701, Jonathan Swift, ...

vicars are piggybacking on the growing trend for eco-friendly clothing and fuelling a rise in the sales of bamboo shirts. Gabriella Swerling Social and Religious Affairs Editor Gabriella Swerling is ...

A Nottinghamshire vicar is entering the world of business by selling Fairtrade clergy shirts. Simon Butler, curate at St Giles Church in West Bridgford, said he came up with the idea after chatting to ...

J. Wippell & Co., a British manufacturer of clerical clothing and church furnishings as well as academic gowns, plans to close the 234-year-old business by the end of the year. Wippell & Co. began in ...

A Donegal shirt maker has won a contract to make clerical shirts for DUP leader the Rev Ian Paisley. The Moville Clothing Company has been asked to make 100 per cent cotton shirts for the North's ...