Iranian fashion: bland, unattractive, and government-approved!
Filed under: Runway Trends, Events: On the Scene
Sick of the immoral fashion industry invading your nation? Kick out that Western filth by showing your country's ladies how to look hot by covering up -- with a government-approved fashion show!
That's the plan according to Saffar Harandi, the Culture and Islamic Orientation Minister of Iran -- and apparently it's just as stupid as it sounds. Harandi was the driving force behind a first-of-its-kind fashion show for Iran, in which catwalk models ditched the traditional black for more colorful cover-ups. At first this sounds like a step in the right direction, but local critics weren't very impressed.
One of the show's photographers told the New York Post: "The music was awful, and the models were not professional models and not pretty enough for a fashion show," while another noted that "Iranian women...[are] much more fashionable than that in the street."
Not exactly high praise -- but that shouldn't be surprising. The "fashion" on display looked more like first generation Star Trek costumes than traditional Iranian outfits, and were unfortunately adorned in plaids and floral patterns.
Ugh.
