Jinger Duggar stepped out in red pants and a sleeveless top while taking her daughter to church recently in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old reality star wore a horizontally striped brown-and-white vest along with loose red trousers on Sunday while pushing a stroller carrying her three-year-old daughter Evangeline Jo.
The 19 Kids And Counting star completed her outfit with white shoes and accessorized with sunglasses.
Jinger accentuated her natural beauty with just a hint of makeup and had her long brown hair parted down the middle and down in loose curls around her shoulders.
The reality star and husband Jeremy Vuolo, 36, got married in 2016 and also have five-year-old daughter Felicity together.
Red pants: Jinger Duggar stepped out in red pants and a sleeveless top while taking her daughter to church recently in Los Angeles
Jinger’s attire was in violation of her religious family’s dress code that she adhered to while growing up under the influence of the Institute Of Basic Life Principles.
Those guidelines called for women to dress modestly by wearing skirts that go past their knees and prohibited any pants wearing.
Jinger and sisters Jill, Jana, and currently pregnant Jessa previously have opened up about their parents’ – Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar – reasoning for not allowing girls in the family to wear pants.
They wrote in the 2014 book Growing Up Duggar: ‘We do not dress modestly because we are ashamed of the body God has given us; quite the contrary.
‘We realize that our body is a special gift from God and that He intends for it to be shared only with our future husband.’
Jinger in an interview with People earlier this year compared her famous family to a ‘cult’.
She revealed in a wide-ranging interview that she was left ‘crippled with anxiety’ and ‘terrified of the outside world’ as a result of the rigid ‘cult-like’ rules she was forced to follow as a child.
The former TLC star was raised by her parents Jim Bob, 58, and Michelle Duggar, 57, who were both devout followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles, which is denominational Christian organization that acts as an umbrella organization for other ministries and was established by shunned minister Bill Gothard.
Jinger noted that Gothard’s teachings were ‘based on fear and superstition’ and left her questioning what God actually wanted from her – leading her to believe that she would be ‘harmed’ if she strayed from the rules or made a mistake.
Church outing: The 29-year-old reality star wore a horizontally striped brown-and-white vest along with loose red trousers on Sunday while pushing a stroller carrying her three-year-old daughter Evangeline Jo
Going strong: Jeremy Vuolo and Jinger, shown in Jul 2021 on Instagram, got married in 2016 and have two daughters together
Religious parents: The former TLC star was raised by her parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, shown in September 2010, who were both devout followers of the Institute in Basic Life Principles
Large family: The TLC show 19 Kids And Counting followed Jim Bob and Michelle’s large family until it was cancelled in 2015
She detailed a moment that she debated wearing something other than a dress but then remembered that God would be ‘so disappointed’ in her for disobeying the rules that he would bring ‘harm’ to her.
The reality TV star explained that modesty became a huge point of her life and she constantly lived in ‘fear’ because she wasn’t allowed to listen to certain types of music or even be friends with select people.
‘I thought I had to wear only skirts and dresses to please God. Music with drums, places I went or the wrong friendships could all bring harm,’ Jinger told People.
Jinger back in August on Big Bang Theory alum Mayim Bailik’s Breakdown podcast admitted she may have had religious obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as a child.
While discussing her time living with her family, Mayim mentioned that Jinger may have a mental health disorder called religious OCD, also known as scrupulosity.
According to the International OCD Foundation, ‘scrupulous individuals are overly concerned that something they thought or did might be a sin or other violation of religious or moral doctrine.’
Jinger agreed with Mayim’s assessment after revealing she would wake up the middle of the night afraid that God would ‘smite me dead.’
The Duggar family’s reality show 19 Kids And Counting was cancelled in 2015 after it was reported that Josh Duggar, 35, had molested multiple underage girls, including four of his siblings, when he was between ages 12 and 15.
Josh, who has seven children with wife Anna, was found guilty in December 2021 of receiving and possessing child pornography and was sentenced in May 2022 to 12 years and seven months in prison.