[lbo-talk] Fashion industry thrives in Iran

[3.3.3.]

Unrelated, but I just learned a friend of mine has family from Tehran that
just moved to the states. Supposedly after telling her for years that they
ran a "medicine" factory, they were actually making condoms! ha! there are
more juicy details that i need to find out, and i will share with the list
if relevant.

On 9/3/07, uvj at vsnl.com <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:
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> Reuters.com
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> > News > Video
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> Fashion industry thrives in Iran
> http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=60428&videoChannel=2
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> (02:46) Rough Cut
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> Jul. 13 - Iranian designers fuse international and European fashion with
> traditional Iranian styles, breathing new life into Islamic fashion in
> Iran.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Soundbites:
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> Haniyeh Abedi, Fashion Designer, (Farsi)
> Raheleh Ilkhani, Fashion Designer, (Farsi)
> Simin Hosseinkhani, Seamstress, (Farsi)
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