Perhaps the biggest challenge in Iranian fashion history has been the struggle between the old and the new. Iranians have famously been fashion innovators trying to balance expectations of the different tastes in their community. One can see this in Iran today where despite strict vestimentary laws, designers and fashion creaters have displayed much creativity and even taste to curtail conventional and or traditional social restrictions.
For the diaspora also, since many reluctantly were driven away from their country, meaning that connecting with their heritage and culture has been all the more important.
The diaspora youth in particular, be it the first generation like myself, or the second generation which was born abroad, has had to overcome cultural and racial stereotypes. Not only as immigrants but also like all teenagers or young adults we were confronted with the universal dilemma of having to develop our individuality while trying to define a collective identity to which we could relate to.
Iranian fashion designers in the diaspora lost one of their great peers this year, Bijan Pakzad who certainly paved the road for much younger talents today like Amir or Nimany to name a few who are also setting examples for other creative ventures.
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
Thank you DK for the
by comments on Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:02 AM PDTThank you DK for the interesting news. I wish they had more than one type of T-shirts for men.