“While Iran’s strict Islamic dress code requires women to wear the form—hiding manteau overcoat and a hijab that covers the hair, there is a quietly growing demand for homegrown haute couture. Despite an unprecedented security crackdown following the summer’s disputed presidential election, a network of high-end underground fashion designers, photographers, and models continue their subversive work, sketching, cutting patterns, conducting fittings, and strutting the catwalk in secret locations.”
—from Sewn in Secret, a really nice piece on the underground fashion movement in Iran
“While Iran’s strict Islamic dress code requires women to wear the form—hiding manteau overcoat and a hijab that covers the hair, there is a quietly growing demand for homegrown haute couture. Despite an unprecedented security crackdown following the summer’s disputed presidential election, a network of high-end underground fashion designers, photographers, and models continue their subversive work, sketching, cutting patterns, conducting fittings, and strutting the catwalk in secret locations.”
—from Sewn in Secret, a really nice piece on the underground fashion movement in Iran
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