"As I travel from place to place I find that the reform dress is not rightly represented, and am made to feel that something more definite should be said that there may be uniform action in this matter. This style of dress is unpopular, and for this reason neatness and taste should be exercised by those who adopt it. I have spoken once upon this point, yet some fail to follow the advice given. There should be uniformity as to the length of the reform dress among Sabbathkeepers. Those who make themselves peculiar by adopting this dress should not think for a moment that it is unnecessary to show order, taste, and neatness. Before putting on the reform dress, our sisters should obtain patterns of the pants and sack worn with it. It is a great injury to the dress reform to have persons introduce into a community a style which in every particular needs reforming before it can rightly represent the reform dress. Wait, sisters, till you can put the dress on right. 1T 521.2"
"Let all things be done decently and in order."
EGW's passage emphasizes the importance of order, taste, and neatness in the reform dress, particularly to avoid misrepresenting it. 1 Corinthians 14:40 states that 'all things be done decently and in order.' EGW's specific application of order and decency to dress aligns with the broader principle in 1 Corinthians.