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With the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, Iranian women, who up until then had been able to choose their clothes to suit their tastes and needs, saw their room for choice being drastically narrowed by a regime that deemed appropriate – and legal – only two pieces of clothing: the chador, or “superior hijab,” and the manteau, an overcoat which was supposed to conceal a woman's body shape
These Old Magazine Photos Reveal How Iranian Women Dressed Before Iran Revolution
With the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, Iranian women, who up until then had been able to choose their clothes to suit their tastes and needs, saw their room for choice being drastically narrowed by a regime that deemed appropriate – and legal – only two pieces of clothing: the chador, or “superior hijab,” and the manteau, an overcoat which was supposed to conceal a woman's body shape