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When the Iranian government prohibited dressing in an un-Islamic way—requiring men and women to dress modestly, which, for women, includes wearing a headscarf—it was acting out of a concern for the common good. It believes that immodest dress in human society results in an excessively sexual society. By observing our society today, any skeptical American can understand what an excessively sexual society is, and what the repercussions of creating such a society...
...even while the Iranian government compels women to wear scarves over their hair, a shirt extending to at least mid-thigh and an article of clothing over the legs, women are allowed to choose exactly how strictly they want to observe the Islamic dress. Many young women, mainly in Tehran, wear scarves that only cover half of their hair, revealing hair in both the front and back. Sometimes, scarves are near-transparent. Their long shirts—called montos—can be tight and decorated with attention-grabbing buttons or zippers. They wear capri pants and high-heels...
With so much on the line, Bush started prepping this summer and has had occasional full-length dress rehearsals, but the pace picked up last weekend at his Crawford, Texas, ranch. New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, who played Al Gore in the 2000 drill, stood in for Kerry, and admaker Mark McKinnon assumed the role of the first debate moderator. It all took place in a one-story building known as the Conference Center, where Bush practiced behind a lectern and aides flashed cue cards that told him how much time he had left, just as officials will...
...slog around all day in sneakers or orthopedic clodhoppers? Nowadays the answer is a resounding yes. Over the past three years, nearly every major shoemaker has begun designing with one eye on fashion and the other keenly fixed on comfort and health. DKNY and Amalfi of Italy have crafted dress shoes with new technology like Insolia, a system invented by a podiatrist that shifts weight from the front of the shoe back to the heel, making high heels feel more like flats. At the same time, old standbys in the comfort-shoe industry, such as Birkenstock, Rockport and Ecco...
...original fashion designers; of complications from pneumonia; in New York City. The Louisiana native first landed in Manhattan in the 1950s and started his line in 1963, raising the standards of American design with technical innovations, sumptuous fabrics and minimalist creations whose streamlined silhouettes belied their complicated construction. He dressed numerous First Ladies and socialites, including Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson and Gloria Vanderbilt, and was widely admired for his facility with cut and his uncompromising creative vision. He created the playful baby-doll dress in the 1960s and the sporty "Beene bag" dress...