Iran's fashion police put on a show of chadors to stem west's cultural invasion http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1820248,00.html
Robert Tait in Tehran Friday July 14, 2006 The Guardian
[An Iranian woman looks at headscarves at an exhibition of Islamic clothing in Tehran. Photograph: Caren Firouz/Reuters]
They are unlikely to grace any catwalk or adorn the figures of supermodels, but the latest in Islamic fashions got top billing from Iran's religious authorities yesterday in an exhibition aimed at promoting female modesty and countering the influence of western clothing. http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1820248,00.html