Iran
Iran's Fashion Renaissance
- clothes have evolved to express how people want to be seen - identity and visual expression - third annual clothing festival, men and women watching and in show together - country's top officials were in from as sign or respect to ensure that show and models and would be dressed suitiy - before 1970s, fashion was very close to western fashion - Islamic revolution caused Iran to force hijab - clothing intersection between Iranian intellect and religion - President rouhani wants softer approach to laws around clothing - different designers, some chadors and some more modern clothes sigh more work - want us to wear clothes we design for ourselves - festivals give hope because give opportunity might now have otherwise - fashion models have set fatwa, first time men and women modeling together - new method for modeling to be successful in Muslim countries, different from Europe and America, - pose without being sexual - call models behpoosh "well dressed" - wears their clothes well -lifestyle needs to reflect cultural values, want to deal with cultural inssurs in society because this generation is the first born after revolution - fashion revival has implications - head of pars leather, confident more women will be able to model - display Iranian clothing and street wear that people can wear everyday - many manufacturers sold clothing deigns at this - more designers and more people have discussions about fashion - permit from culture ministry
Iranian Women Add Fashion To Hijab
- old back uniforms of revolution - aim in hall is to give conservative fashion an update - fashionable scarves are to make women more chic - women and look more attractive at same time - update is needed to reinforce hijab - young people want innovation with clothing and feel the need to keep fashion up to date while maintaining Iranian Islamic values - western styles and brands approaching all the time, pushing boundaries of what people wear, makeup, and how much hair is shown - my stealthy freedom features Iranian women photographed without hijab - or men wearing hijab - efforts to police bad hijab adherence can be punished, women can be arrested - designers working to look and feel fashionable while maintaining law - adapt short dresses in styles that can be worn over pants fashionably - how you wear hijab, not whether
Life For Women In Iran
- women lack certain basic rights - rugjts for women have changed dramatically - able to make career gains in way few of their neighboring cohnterparts can - can drive and move around with freedom, need premission from men for leaving country - more women graduste from universities than men - have strong chance of entering in job market and can work alongside men - won right to vote in 1963 - women's taxi - defying societal norms, can drive truck - occupy politicsl posts but are underrepresented - all wearing hijab - fewer in exdcutive force but feel that change is at hand - women still need husbands approval for divorce and travel - have to wear hijab since Islamic revolution in 1979 - many women show a bit of hair to show personal views - 1/3 marriages in Tehran ending in divorce, sign that Iranian women are less Afraid of breaking tradition
Tehran's Designers
- young designers revitalizing relationship between fashion and religion - can modernize classic style and play with fabrics to make things voluminous and tighter (Namidi) - sheer things - tailoring creations to client's demand - coverups are now more stylish and comfortable and colorful - style bloggers now and bahar - flashy styles in Iran
