Married men have to let their beards grow,but moustaches are forbidden because of their traditional association with the military .Women usually wear plain-colored dresses with long sleeves,or a long skirt and blouse with an apron.Stockings are made of black cotton,and shoes are also black.Amish women are not permitted women never cut their hair,and they wear it in a braid or bun on the back of the head hidden under a small white cap or black bonnet.