MAIL ONLINE: Often the sight of how well a piece of clothing fits on a mannequin can make a fashionista's mind up.
Not so in Iran, where police have banned any exposed body curves in shop windows.
Authorities warned shopkeepers yesterday that all mannequins must be covered up - wearing headscarves and hiding any of the body's curves that may be showing.
They have also banned the selling of women's underwear by men.
'Using unusual mannequins exposing the body curves and with the heads without Hijabs (Muslim veil) [sic] are prohibited to be used in the shops,' Iran's moral security police in charge of Islamic dress codes said in a statement carried by state news agency IRNA.
Iranian police have stepped up a crackdown on both women and men, boutiques and small companies which fail to enforce strict religious dress codes since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to office in 2005.
The measures are the latest in a country-wide campaign against Western cultural influences in the Islamic Republic, where strict dress codes are enforced. >>> | Thursday, September 24, 2009
