Fashion

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Modern Iranian Dress
The Iranian culture is one that draws upon old and new elements of style in sometimes a paradoxical way. Modern Iranian men and women all over the world dress mostly in Western clothes. Iranians who live outside of Iran tend to blend into the crowds, wearing local fashions. Iranians as a whole can be considered very brand-conscious and fashion aware. It is true therefore that Iranians who live in LA may dress differently that those living in Paris. The older generation of women also tends to be almost painfully fashion conscious, wearing make-up and chanel at every occasion. The new generation of Iranians that has grown up outside of Iran is much more subtle and follows the trends in their respective environments. Due to the pressures of the Islamic dress code, women in Iran tend to overdress underneath their "manteaus" (overcoats). In general, you will also notice much more make-up on the women as a way of self-expression and rebellion.






Islamic Dress Code in Iran
Currently in Iran, the Islamic dress code is still observed all over the country. The code calls for women to cover their hair, necks and arms. Modern women in Iran today, wear a "manteau" or overcoat, similar to a uniform (left). The overcoats have long sleeves and usually come below the knee. The length of the overcoat does change with the times. For a while, really long ones were in and a few years ago, women tried to get away with very short coats, as well. To cover the hair a scarf or shawl is accepted. This can be worn by folding the two opposite corners of a scarf to get a triangle and tying the scarf around your head. Trousers or dark stockings are worn under the overcoat.

For men, short sleeves and "Western" clothing can be a cause for concern. Generally, shorts, T-shirts and ties are not worn in public environments. You will find many Iranians who dress very Western for private functions and events. Therefore the fashions really depend upon the destination and purpose of your trip. When dealing with government agencies, schools, embassies, and the like, obeying the rules is highly recommended.

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TOP IRANIAN fashion designers
There are many notable fashion designers making their mark on the fashion industry today. Some famous and almost famous designers include Shirin Guild, Maryam Mahdavi, Shadi Parand, Michael Soheil (left), Laya Torkaman, Behnaz Sarafpour, Jasmin Shokrian, and Hushidar “Hushi” Mortezaie.

These contemporary designers live in cities like London, New York, Paris, and Los Angeles. Check our famous Iranians section for individual biographies on these talented, young Iranian fashion designers.


Top Iranian Fashion Models
Although the age of Supermodels is long gone, Iranian women are still playing a big role in the world of fashion and modelling. Persian women all over the world have been competing in Miss World contests and many have won over the last few years. From TV shows to realty series, we are seeing more and more Iranian women using the classic Persian features to win the hearts of judges and audiences all over the world. One of the innovators in modelling still remains Yasmin Le Bon. Leading the way is also male supermodel Cameron Alborzian. Other new comers include Shermine Sharivar (Miss Germany 2004), Nadia Bjorlin (Days of Our Lives on left), Sarah Racey-Tabrizi (America's Top Model Reality show), and Nazanin Afshin-Jam (Miss World Canada 2003). Check our famous Iranians section for individual biographies on these talented, young Iranian fashion models.

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AFSHIN FEIZ LAUNCHES EVENINGWEAR LINE NAMED “AFSHIN FEIZ FLOWER”
Paris-based British designer Afshin Feiz just announced the launch of a new eveningwear line called afshin feiz flower . His main line, afshin feiz which he shows in New York during Fashion Week is two years old and is already sold in several US locations, in France, Canada, Japan and Korea. This line that had some eveningwear in it has found a certain celebrity following, having been worn by the likes of Katie Holmes, Elizabeth Hurley, Susan Lucci, Emilie de Ravi from Lost, and has fans among Halle Berry and Kelly Clarkson.

Feiz wants to develop his main line to be clearly a designer line. “Efforts are being made on pricing,” says Feiz, “I think that for Summer 2007 the collection is going to be very clear and understandable and though it is a high end line, because we are manufactured in France after all, we are going to slightly reduce prices in order to be more competitive. The collection will have a lot of daywear, but very chic daywear and the evening part of the main line will be more cocktail than evening. For real evening, the afshin feiz flower line is the line that eveningwear buyers will look at.”

Feiz is excited by these new developments. He feels that it will be easier to place the main line in department stores and boutiques and his new line will still keep those celebrities and socialites happy for their red carpet events.

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(Sploid.com) -- How often does this happened to you? It's time for afternoon prayer, but you're still in your jeans. You go to kneel down to pray, but your jeans are too tight. Or worse yet, the waist slides right down your hips, leaving you with an embarassing case of "plumber butt." Well never again, my Muslim friend!

Thanks to Al Quds jeans you can be both comfortable and stylish during your daily prayers. With a baggy cut and a high, snug waist, Al Quds -- the Arabic word for Jerusalem -- are perfect for kneeling.

They even come with an extra large pocket for glasses, trinkets or prayer beads. And the subtle green thread along the seams of the belt loops is the perfect nod to the sacred color of Islam.

But these aren't just for prayer, says manufacturer Luca Corradi.

"These are simple jeans for everyday life, designed with the idea of prayer in mind, but not just that," Corradi told the International Herald Tribune.

However, some Muslims are outraged by what they perceive a callous commercialism.

"This is a type of exploitation of religion, of a place and a belief that is sacred for Muslims," said SMT Wasti, a spokesman for the U.K. Islamic Mission. "It's a way to prey on the sympathy of Muslims."

Designed in Italy, manufactured in Pakistan and with all praise unto Allah and the mighty dollar, these jeans will make you the most righteously stylish guy on the block.

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Most Powerfull Super models

1. GISELE BUNDCHEN

income: 183,3 millions
works with: Ebel, Vogue Eyewear and Dolce and Gabbana


2. TYRA BANKS
income: 110 millions
Works with: Victoria's Secret, american top model and has her own talk show


3. KATE MOSS
income: 48,9 millions
works with: Burberry and Christian Dior


4. HEIDI KLUM
income: 42,7 millions
works with: Sports Illustrated, Victoria's Secret and Project Runway


5. ADRIANA LIMA (my favorite )
income: 24,4 millions
works with: Victoria's Secret, Maybelline and Telecom Italia Mobile

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Fashion has long played a defining role in the culture of Persia, or Iran, as it’s now known. Iranians have long been fashion innovators, and have balanced the expectations of different ethnic tastes and religious beliefs in a country that encompasses a rich tapestry.

Recent news reports refer to the growing fashion scene in Iran as

the “Pink Revolution,”—a name that suggests contempt for the Islamic government and the enforced dress code of the traditional black chador, which has been required outer wear for women since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

While it is true that many women are now expressing their dress more creatively. And these Iranian fashionistas have found ways to satisfy their love for high fashion by wearing bright roosari (headscarves) and manteau (overcoats), or wrapping their scarves in creative ways. There is also the use of heavier make-up, designer sunglasses and jewelry— especially turquoise, the gem of distinction of Iran. Turquoise has always been an integral part of the Persian culture; in the ancient PersianKingdom this gemstone was originally worn around the neck or on the hand as protection to ward off unnatural death. The most beautiful of Turquoises in light blue are found in Northern Iran. Turquoise in the Persian culture symbolizes a protection to ward off the influence of dark and evil powers or simple seen as a good luck stone. Essentially, the “Pink Revolution” has been embraced by Iran’s women by adding color and creativity to the simple black garment (chador).

Khomeini labeled the simple black shawl (or chador) 'the flag of the revolution” in 1979. Forty-five years earlier, the first Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi called it a “symbol of injustice and shame,” and forbade women from wearing it. It is probably the only garment that has been closely monitored by Iranian police for seven decades.

The chador and no garment as simple has had such a dramatic impact on the modern world of politics and culture.

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توصيه هایی برای بهتر لباس پوشیدن!

اين خانم پترا نمکووا نزديک بود خرج رو دست من بذاره. گفتم برم اين فروشگاه جان لوئيس رو ببينم. زدست ديده و دل هر دو فرياد که هر چه ديده بيند دل کند ياد... ولی از اونجا براتون سوغاتی آوردم. يه سری توصيه درباره اينکه چطوری بهتر لباس بپوشين و اگه ميخواين برين سر قرار چيکار کنين که نتيجه بهتری بگيرين.
پسرا خوب گوشاتونو باز کنين:


اگه تا حالا فکر ميکردين که سنجاق کراوات و و دکمه سردست مال زمان پدر بزرگاتونه، يا فکر می کردين که کتتونو بايد حتما با يه شلوار رسمی بپوشين، يا چون ساعتهای بند استيل مده هميشه اونا رو دستتون ميکردين، الان وقتشه که يه تجديد نظری بکنين.

انقدر از کمد های پدر بزرگاتون دوری نکنين هر چيز کهنه ای رو ميشه به شکل نويی استفاده کرد. اينروزا ديکه از بس همه ساعت بند استيل دستشون ميکنن، يه ساعت بند چرمی در نظر بيننده جلوه خاصی ميکنه يه چيز جديد و جذابه.

اينو بدونين که هيچ مدی بهتر از پوشيدن اون چيزی نيست که بهتون مياد و توش راحتين. اينم يادتون نره که هميشه کمتر بيشتره، هيچوقت توی هيچی زياده روی نکنين، چون تاثير خوبش خنثی می شه. از اينکه لباسهای طرح دار بپوشين نترسين.

ولی بايد چند تا نکته رو ياد آوری کنم : يادتون باشه، لباسهای راه راه افقی باعث ميشه پهن تر به نظر بياين. هر چی راهها بزرگتر باشه، بازم باعث بزرگتر نشون دادن هيکلتون ميشه. راه راههای افقی شما رو لاغرتر و بلندتر نشون ميده.

از پوشيدن لباسهای رنگی يا ترکيب لباسهای طرح دار نترسين. فکر نکنين مثلا اگه پيرهنتون طرح داره، ژاکتتون بايد حتما ساده باشه. اتفاقا بعضی وقتها ترکيب طرحها می تونه خيلی خوشکل باشه، ولی بايد بدونين چطور. اکه دو تا طرح متفاوت رو با هم می پوشين مثلا چهار خونه و راه راه، حتما اگه يکيشو بزرگ انتخاب ميکنين اون يکی رو هم بزر کنتخاب کنين ولی اگه دو تا طرح مثل هم دارين سعی کنين اندازه هاشون متفاوت باشه، مثلا دو تا راه راه باريک با هم نپوشين، سعی کنين اگه يکيش راه هاش بزرگ بود، اون يکی حتما کوچيک باشه.

بهترين ترکيب، ترکيب پيراهن طرح دار با کراوات طرح داره، قانونی که هميشه بايد رعايت کنين اينه که طرحها بايد از يه خانواده رنکی باشن، خوب دقت کنين نگفتم همرنگ باشن، گفتم از يه خانواده رنگی...

اين قانون در مورد کمر بند و کفشتون هم صدق ميکنه. خيلی ها فکر ميکنن کمر بند و کفش بايد کاملا همرنگ باشه ولی اينطور نيست... کمر بند و کفشتون ميتونه فقط از يه خانواده رنگی باشه... مثلا توی ترکيب رنگهاتون اکه از قهوه ای سوخته استفاده کردين، فکر نکنين حتماً بايد يه چيز ديگه دقيقا همرنگ اون تو لباسهاتون داشته باشين، به ترکيب قهوه ای و نارنجی و سبز فکر کنين... ببينين چقدر خوشکل ميشه... منظورم از يه خانواده رنگی همينه...


کار جالب ديگه ای که ميتونين بکنين اينه که لباس های رسمی رو با لباسهای اسپرت ترکيب کنين. مثلا ميتونين با شلوار رسميتون به جای پيرهن، تی شرت بپوشين، يا زير کت شلوارتون يه تی شرت تيره و روش يه پيرن طرح دار رنگی اسپرت بپوشين. يا کت رسمی تونو با شلوار جين تنتون کنين.

لازم نيست که برين کلی لباس جديد بخرين. لباسهای خيلی قديمی و از مد افتاده تونو بندازين دور و چند تا لباس ساده اوليه تونو با روشهای جديد بپوشين. تنها چيزايی که بايد بخرين چيزايی برای تزئين لباستونه، چيزايی مثل دکمه سر دست و سنجاق کراوات و دستمال گردن.

ولی بازم ياد آوری می کنم، هيچوقت زياده روی نکنين. اينو هم دخترا گوش کنن هم پسرا... اگه می خواين برين سر قرار به اين نکات توجه کنين:

هيچوقت همونروز برای خريد لباس نرين، چون امکان نداره لباس ايده آلتونو پيدا کنيد. هميشه هميشه هميشه اول برين سراغ اون چيزايی که بهتون مياد نه چيزايی که تن مدلا می بينين. مناسب با محلی که می خواين برين لباس بپوشين. عطر و دئودورانتو فراموش نکنين ولی نه در حدی که طرف مقابلتون سر درد بگيره.

دخترا تو آرايشتون خيلی دقت کنين، ما فقط با آرايش می خوايم زيبايی های واقعی مونو مشخص تر کنيم، نمی خوايم برای خودمون يه صورت ديگه بسازيم. ميخوايم همه بدونن که اين صورت ماست که قشنکه. هيچوقت در مراحل اوليه رابطه لاک يا ماتيک قرمز نزنيد چون تمايل شما رو لو ميده و ما قطعا نمی خوايم اين اتفاق بيافته.

پسرا اگه پاها تون خوشکله، توجه کنيد فقط در صورتی که پاهای قشنگی دارين ميتونين صندل بپوشين. اگه تو کت شلوار احساس راحتی نميکنين، طرفش نرين. راحتی و اينکه احساس کنين لباسها مال خودتونه خيلی مهمه، حواستون به ايجاد کنتراست هم باشه، مثلا اگه از اونايی هستين که بعد از يه مدت لپاتون گل ميندازه، سعی کنين تو لباستون از رنگ سبز استفاده کنين.

خوب برين به سلامت، خوش بگذره آهان آهان اينم گوش کنين بعد: پسرا اين برای شما خيلی ضروريه از لباس طرف مقابلتون تعريف کنين، اگه به نظرتون خيلی قشنگ نيست، خالی نبندين سعی کنين يه چيزی که به نظرتون قشنگه پيدا کنين و از اون تعريف کنين.

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The Shah's New Clothes

Iranian girls did rebel, but the royal family's influence lingered on in her starched collars and dainty s***ts.

By Jasmin Darznik, Jasmin Darznik is a doctoral candidate in English at Princeton. Her work has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, Zyzzyva and the Women's Review of Books.

September 10, 2006


The shah of Iran had a lasting influence on my mother's fashion sense. Political discussions had faded from our dinnertime conversations by the mid-'80s, and by then no one would have confessed their royalist sympathies outright, but the Iranian royal family lingered in our American closets for years, folded in as deep as my family's nostalgia and longing for home.

You could, for example, see the shah's influence in the houndstooth suit in which my mother dressed me for the first day of second grade. He was there, lurking in the starched primness of my collar and the sharp pleats of my dainty s***t. I think I was meant to look like an English aristocrat from the first part of 20th century, which I imagine was the look the Iranian royal family aspired to in countless photographs staged at this villa or that through the '60s and '70s.

You can, regrettably, still see the shah's influence should you come to my house and flip through family albums from the '80s. Several times a year on my mother's injunction, we would head for the local Sears Portrait Studio for a sitting. My mother would wear an enormous feathered hat balanced at a jaunty angle, and my father would draw himself up stiffly in some suit retired from a wedding long past. And I invariably would find myself engulfed in swaths of pink taffeta, my royal costume plucked from the rack of discounted prom dresses at Macy's.

I like to think I have come a long way from all that, but the other day I was at a relative's house in Pleasanton and found myself gasping at the sight of a black lace G-string peeking out from a pair of low-rise jeans. Of course, I see this sort of thing all the time. Who can avoid that particular look nowadays?

But this was a 12-year-old Iranian girl at a family gathering.

She turned around, flashing me with the none-too-subtle pun emblazoned on her tank top: HOT FCUK. I mean "emblazoned" literally here—the words stretching across her chest emerged from a riot of flames.

I backed away so suddenly that I nearly knocked over the girl's elderly grandmother as she stood by the samovar pouring tea.

Iranian girls have definitely changed.

My parents came to California from Iran in the late '70s. I went to school with a handful of other Iranian kids, and it would have taken you no time at all to tell us Iranian girls from our American classmates. My mother was perhaps extreme in her formality on certain occasions, but without a doubt every Iranian girl was, like me, forbidden from wearing shorts or more than a discreet smudge of gloss. We did not pluck our eyebrows because, as our mothers would not have hesitated to tell us, only whores did that before they got married.

Back home Iranian girls were challenging the regime one lipstick swipe and blond streak at a time, but here our rebellions carried no such cachet—they only earned us the label "American," as in "May God kill me, you look just like those American girls. Go wipe off that lipstick/change that s***t/put on a sweater." In those years virginity came with a dress code, and if you weren't a virgin, well, if anything the dress code was enforced with greater insistence.

In less than a generation, all that has become ancient history.

I don't mean any of this as an apology for the old ways or, God forbid, a call for the reinstatement of the regime under which I was raised. For one thing, from an early age I possessed a full arsenal of protests, and where these failed, I got by with my talent for sartorial espionage. By high school I could duck expertly into a bathroom stall before classes started, stuff my jeans into my backpack and emerge wearing a cute little minis***t—and there would not have been even a blush of shame on my cheeks to give me away.

And besides, there are some kinds of mischief so native, so natural, that they can't be covered up. For this, I need only consider the fate of my houndstooth suit.

My mother had ironed it for me the night before and laid it lovingly on a chair beside a coordinating black headband, cream-colored wool tights and a pair of black patent-leather dress shoes. By lunchtime the next day I was bolting across the soccer field in this full ensemble, in hot pursuit of a boy. My tights itched horribly and the shoes were slowing me down, but I managed to tackle him to the ground and straddle his chest. When, satisfied, I arose at last, a button had popped from my blazer and there were two dark green smears where my knees had dug into the grass.

My mother sewed on a new button that night, but the pleats of the s***t never did fall the same way again.

So perhaps rebellion is just a matter of degrees, and Iranian girls have not changed much at all. Maybe after 20 years in this country, I've turned out as Iranian as my mother. Still, these days when I go shopping I can't help but want something other than low-rise jeans and clingy T-shirts.

I think of my mother in pictures from Iran in the '60s, hair piled high, a stole thrown over one shoulder, gold bangles dancing at her wrists. She was channeling the Iranian pop diva Googoosh, who was channeling Maria Callas, who was channeling Audrey Hepburn. I long for those echoes, all those dissonant and disparate elements culminating in a style whose influences can't easily be traced.

It's just as well that no one can recognize a virgin by her clothes anymore, but not so long ago self-expression still allowed for a few stitches of grace and imagination, and I'm hoping these, at least, will soon make a comeback.

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BEHNAZ SARAFPOUR IN NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

Iranian Fashion Designers Make Waves


New York Fashion week is in full swing and our favorite designer Behnaz Sarafpour has managed once again to get all the stars to attend her show. Behnaz is not the onlyh game in town. With Afshin Feiz's show around the corner, it seems once again Iranian talent is putting its best foot forward in the fashion world.



Known more for her sleek architectural pieces in black and white, Sarafpour ventured into color palettes that are new and fresh. Of course black and white, and dramatic collar dresses were still in the collection. Tones of soft blue and pink with geometric prints and silk fabrics were seen throughout.

Behnaz has dressed many celebrities recently, including Claire Dane, who was spotted in signature Sarafpour. The famous designer is slowing climbing up the fashion ladder, having been mentioned in Fortune maga zine recently. It turns out that Isaac Mizrahi and Karl Lagerfeld are not the only ones designing for frugal fashion houses like H&M and Target. Sarafopur plans a ready-to-wear collection which promises easy-to-wear items. Rumor has it that her new frugal collection will be out this November, just in time for the holiday season.

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گزارش تصويری: هفته مد لندن

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دخترهای فوق العاده لاغری که آدم فکر می کنه هر لحظه ممکنه بشکنند و بهترین شکلی که بشه توصیفشون کرد اینه که مثل پوست و استخوان هستن با شروع هفته مد در لندن، در محل برگزاری مراسم پر زرق و برق این هفته روی جایگاه مخصوص رژه رفته اند.

این مانکن ها در طول هفته مد لندن به ارائه لباس ها و طراحی های تازه برای بهار و تابستان ۲۰۰۷ پرداخته اند. شاید لندن پای مد که بیافته به پای پاریس نرسه اما در هر حال لندن تلاشش رو می کنه که خیلی هم عقب نمونه. زرق و برق هفته مد امسال که دست کم اینطور نشون می ده.

این برنامه در حالی انجام شد که همین یک هفته پیش موقع برگزاری هفته مد در اسپانیا، اعتراض گروه های حامی حقوق زنان و انجمن های پزشکی و فشار مقامات محلی باعث شد که استفاده از مانکن های زیاده از حد لاغر ممنوع بشه.

در مادرید بالاخره سازماندهنده های هفته مد موافقت کردند که با استفاده از شاخص تناسب وزن مانکن های زیاد از حد لاغر را رد کنند و به شوی لباس راه ندهند. نتیجه اش هم این شد که سی درصد از مانکن ها توی این آزمایش رد شدند. انجمن های پزشکی هم البته در محوطه حاضر بودند تا به این مانکن ها که به عقیده پزشک هاشون مریضند ، خدمات درمانی ارائه کنن.

حالا اگر چه این قضایا در هفته مد در لندن اتفاق نیافتاد، اما سازمان دهنده یکی از بزرگترین شوهای مد جهان که در بیرمنگام برگزار میشه هم استفاده از مانکن های استخوانی رو ممنوع کرده . با این حساب مانکن هایی که سایزشون کمتر از "شش ف" به مقیاس سایز لباس های انگلیسی و ساز "چهار" آمریکایی باشه، حق شرکت در این برنامه رو ندارند! البته شاید حرفهای خانم تسا جول، وزیر فرهنگ بریتانیا هم بی تاثیر نبوده که گفته بود مانکن هایی که مثل چوب عصا خشکند نباید در هفته مد شرکت کنند.

[Sepideh_UK]

Niceeeeeee
Thanx...
But i have to say , some of these ppl can't even put proper make up on...

[jsmith]

eez nice..!!!

[Rasputin]

As Fashion Week wound down in New York, I had the pleasure of attending Afshin Feiz’s exclusive show in the Altman Building. The show was the amalgamation of high performance and elegance, and no less is to be expected of our favorite Paris-based designer Afshin.

N’Dea Davenport of the soulful band the Brand New Heavies, made an everlasting impressing, appearing in (of course) a Feiz gown from a previous collection. She and bassist Andrew Levy were placed halfway down the run-away, directly opposite from each other and played during the entire unveiling of the new Afshin Feiz collection.

The new line of clothing by Afshin Feiz had traces of the designer’s previous work with clear influences of today’s trends. Cigarette pants, along side wider pants were dawned. Fabrics included silk, chiffon, and lace, to create flowy dresses in light colors of peach, olive and cream.
Soft and loose military jackets, small bows, and hard lines defined the outlines of dresses, s***ts and shirts. The evening collection was also beautiful, keeping things very light with layers upon layers of flow. This year, Afshin Feiz gave us a truly modern show, with great elegance and soul.

Back stage, fans and reporters gathered to speak to Afshin and N’Dea, whom Afshin enlisted for the event, as he is a big fan.

An overall wonderful performance by Afshin Feiz and his team. Well done!

[Rasputin]

چهارشنبه شب 12 اکتبر، برنامه ای برای معرفی موسيقی و هنر زيرزمينی ايرانی در لندن، به همت "بنياد ميراث ايران" برگزار شد که در آن نيما بهنود طراح مقيم نيويورک آثارش را بنمايش گذاشت.