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...while the middle class is able to sidestep some of the regime's strictures in the privacy of their homes, the 150,000-strong Revolutionary Guard still enforces a strict public acceptance of dress regulations, particularly for women. All women, Iranians and foreigners alike, have to dress in Islamic fashion, which means either a dark, tentlike chador, or at least a long smock over a modest dress or trousers, with the head covered by a scarf. Even at holiday resorts on the Caspian Sea, where women once swam in bikinis, the rules are rigidly applied, and women are required...
...going coiffure to coiffure in a well-scripted spate of public relations appearances while their husbands went eyeball to eyeball over substance behind closed doors. In fact, while the women generated little real warmth in private discussions, they nevertheless displayed a dignity that transcended the much hyped designer-dress face-off. Pressed by a reporter about style-wars comparisons, Nancy Reagan aptly retorted: "I really think that's a little silly. I mean there are very important things being discussed here, and what somebody wears or doesn't wear really isn't terribly important...
...Orthodox movement in Judaism known as Hasidism is alien and vaguely unsettling to some Gentiles and even to many modernized Jews. Hasidic men, bearded, black-hatted and clad in severe dark suits, take to their streets to dance in spiritual celebration on joyous holy days. The strictly observant women dress to conceal their elbows and knees and cover their shorn hair with wigs. Members of tightly knit, Yiddish-speaking Hasidic communities, under the virtually absolute sway of a grand rabbi, preserve a way of life that began long ago in Eastern Europe...
...still don't really understand who I'm designing for," she says on the phone from Venice, where she is taking in the Biennale with her husband, art dealer Max Wigram. "It's definitely not me. I wear jeans and T shirts and comfy shoes. I really don't dress up at all." It must be that sixth sense of style...
...first order of business is removing temptation. The codes of dress and behavior are strict. Students must have regular haircuts ("no bleaching or 'off' colors are allowed"). Students must wear socks and closed-toe shoes. Boys cannot wear earrings or have any body piercing. Students may not wear makeup during school. Through Grade 5, the girls wear plaid jumpers and leggings, but the head scarf called a hijab is optional; the boys wear navy dress pants and light blue shirts. Older girls must wear the hijab (light blue for middle schoolers, gray or white for high schoolers) and a calf...