> News > Video
Fashion industry thrives in Iran http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=60428&videoChannel=2
(02:46) Rough Cut
Jul. 13 - Iranian designers fuse international and European fashion with traditional Iranian styles, breathing new life into Islamic fashion in Iran.
At a rare official fashion show in the country's capital, Tehran, designers took the opportunity to display some colourful and vibrant Islamic costumes which are not only in line with Islamic codes, but also current fashion trends.
While not exactly trying to put the chic into chador, Iranian fashion designer Haniyeh Abedi believes that the strict Islamic dress code requiring women to be covered from head to toe does not mean they cannot look good.
Soundbites:
Haniyeh Abedi, Fashion Designer, (Farsi) Raheleh Ilkhani, Fashion Designer, (Farsi) Simin Hosseinkhani, Seamstress, (Farsi)