[presidio9]

BTW, what was up with the vivid colors of the clothing? Did people really dress that way, or did Prince have a wardrobe surplus sale?

[cyborg]

have no idea lol

[mondoman]

the pilgrims wore very colorful clothing on the Sabbath. The Puritans were "puritanical" and mostly wore black and white.

[nopardons]

The early colonists really did dress that way.Bright colors were the norm.The Puritans and other early settlers weren't all that much like the version you got in school;they did NOT only wear black,nor were they anything like what the term "puritan" implies/infers today.

[rwfromkansas]

The Pilgrims, which this group is representing, did dress that way.

It is a common myth, however, that the Puritans dressed like this (the folks who supposedly were really strict...Anne Hutchinson, witch trials etc.)

The Puritans actually dressed very lavishly, something the Pilgrims criticized them for. The Pilgrims did dress very starkly like the show portrays.