{"id":18081,"date":"2012-12-02T21:42:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T02:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=18081"},"modified":"2012-12-02T21:42:54","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T02:42:54","slug":"the-vicar-wears-prada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-vicar-wears-prada\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vicar wears Prada"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Church of England vicar, Rev. Sally Hitchiner, has posed for a fashion shoot \u201cwearing a \u00a3480 black leather jacket by Frances Leon, a \u00a3505 Prada top and tight silver leather trousers by the Mother label that come in at just over \u00a31,000. She also wears \u00a3535 leopard print Christian Louboutin heels, that rest on a leather stool.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the Church of England, this is known as the church\u2019s way of enacting of God’s <\/em>preference<\/em> for the <\/em>poor.<\/em><\/p>\n

As Ms. Hitchiner herself says: \u2018why shouldn\u2019t a priest be interested in Prada? I dress in a way that reflects my personality.\u2019<\/em> Good point: perish the thought that the Church of England might use anything crass \u2013 like strippers for Jesus<\/a> – to entice the reluctant to enter its musty sanctuaries; much better to employ the more nuanced imagery of the high heels and leather look of hookers for Jesus.<\/p>\n

According to Hitchener, Jesus was \u2018thinking fashion theology: Jesus said consider flowers if you\u2019re stressed \u201chow much more beautifully will God clothe you\u201d’<\/em>. It\u2019s well known that Jesus was big on fashion: he wouldn’t be seen dead performing miracles in anything less than his best tailored to measure seamless robe.<\/p>\n

Apparently, Ms. Hitchiner is at the forefront of the battle to ordain women bishops in the Church of England. When they finally materialise \u2013 and they will \u2013 at least we know how they are likely to dress; that\u2019s the important thing.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

An interesting poser has been exercising the Reverend Sally Hitchiner over the past week. She has posted several tweets on her Twitter page \u2014 where she describes herself as an \u2018Anglican priest, faith adviser, broadcaster… and finder of funny things\u2019 \u2014 on the subject of \u2018the theology of fashion\u2019.<\/p>\n

She was so preoccupied by it that she even conducted a Facebook debate on the subject.<\/p>\n

So we shouldn\u2019t be too surprised then, that this weekend, the 32-year-old Church of England vicar took her theological studies even further forward, posing for a fashion shoot for a Saturday broadsheet magazine under the headline: The Vicar Wears Prada.<\/p>\n

In the main picture, Rev Hitchiner is reclining on a leather chair wearing a \u00a3480 black leather jacket by Frances Leon, a \u00a3505 Prada top and tight silver leather trousers by the Mother label that come in at just over \u00a31,000. She also wears \u00a3535 leopard print Christian Louboutin heels, that rest on a leather stool.<\/p>\n

In one shot, a heavily kohled eye gazes sultrily at the camera beneath a \u00a3239 Andrew Wilkie leopard skin hat set at a flirtatious angle, covering her other eye. Her blood red lips pout above her sharply white dog collar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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