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But suddenly last summer, all that beauty was thrown away, along with the people’s votes, along with their hopes.

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Voted best election-day attire. In a crowd, the pushed-up sunglasses makes the "hejab" look lower than it really is. Sneaky!

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When it came to coiffeur, the extra hair factor made the Greens more competitive. The weird hats said “modern.”

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Even children got into the act with elaborate hair ribbons.

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Breathtaking design! If the elections were based on hand and face paintings, Ahmadinejad’s election stats wouldn’t look so suspicious.

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There was hope in the artistic expressions. This body art said that someday the Iranian man and woman would have the same rights. Letting the image speak for itself, the female thumb and the male thumb each have four spouses. Gender equality outside the Western model?

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A lot depends, of course, on who’s doing the wearing. Displaying a candidate’s picture on your head really works in this case.

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This super hero tried to run for president. His candidate costume is incomplete without earrings, which is as good a reason as any to get disqualified.

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Here’s the same idea executed very poorly.

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Not all Ahmadinejad supporters were clueless about good design. This supporter allows the flag lines to curve appropriately to her face. Also, despite the illusion of symmetry, the two color bands of her face are not painted the same thickness. That would be boring.

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It was a summer of “bad art.” Even the martial arts took a beating.

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… it’s Van Gough compared to the competition.

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