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I have always suspected the fashion scarf evolved out of the piety scarf.
Indeedy: the following are Iranians in a Tehran café
from the must-read diary Free minds, not hair. by the stormy present on January 16th, 2007

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 11:51:48 AM EST
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Slavery to fashion AND male sexual insecurity!

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 12:08:49 PM EST
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Many headscarves in Istanbul?

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 12:11:52 PM EST
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I'd say 5 to 15% (hard to gauge since I am biased towards the commercial and tourist districts but I have left them several times). Everyone else dresses like fashionable Europeans. (After two months in India I feel like a young Indian guy making his first visit to a European beach.)

Of those wearing the scarf, none show any skin beyond face and hands, which makes sense to me, as the concept at least on the surface seems be be whittled down to conservative muslims. About half wear full length coats, of those about half appear fashionable, the other half (more common among older women) wear drab gray wool Soviet-Russia looking coats. The other half wear long skirts with long baggy tops. I've seen a statistically insignificant number of women with the Saudi style get up (which still does and always will creep me out).

In Malaysia, the Malay women pay lip service to the whole idea - underneath they wear black, skin-tight full length tights and shirts, and over that wear what they would wear otherwise, usually short skirts and tops with very short sleeves.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 12:24:24 PM EST
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