[custom_adv] Glamorous shots of models in homeland fashion magazines from the 1970s show just how different life - and fashion - was like before the Revolution. [custom_adv] In a series of pictures taken for magazines and catalogues and posted on photo-sharing site BoredPanda.com, models smile into the camera, twirl their hair and showcase bare legs, arms and hair - all of which must be covered up today. [custom_adv] The images show a Western-orientated aesthetic, and reveal women's freedom up until 1979 when the Islamic Revolution took place. [custom_adv] Iran before the Islamic Revolution of 1979 was quite a different country from the one we see today. It was secular, Western-oriented and allowed a certain amount of cultural freedom. [custom_adv] It might be shocking today, but women of that time also took a modern approach when it came to fashion. They would dress up just like their Western counterparts and would even show some skin. [custom_adv] These old magazine scans give us a rough idea of what a woman could wear at that time.Today the women’s dress code in Iran is way more conservative than back in the ‘70s; now, they need to cover their hair, necks, and arms. Nevertheless, homeland women are generally stylish and tend to choose colorful outfits. [custom_adv] Glamorous shots of models in homeland fashion magazines from the 1970s show just how different life - and fashion - was like before the Revolution. [custom_adv] In a series of pictures taken for magazines and catalogues and posted on photo-sharing site BoredPanda.com, models smile into the camera, twirl their hair and showcase bare legs, arms and hair - all of which must be covered up today. [custom_adv] The images show a Western-orientated aesthetic, and reveal women's freedom up until 1979 when the Islamic Revolution took place. [custom_adv] It might be shocking today, but women of that time also took a modern approach when it came to fashion. They would dress up just like their Western counterparts and would even show some skin. [custom_adv] These old magazine scans give us a rough idea of what a woman could wear at that time.Today the women’s dress code in Iran is way more conservative than back in the ‘70s; now, they need to cover their hair, necks, and arms. Nevertheless, homeland women are generally stylish and tend to choose colorful outfits. [custom_adv] Glamorous shots of models in homeland fashion magazines from the 1970s show just how different life - and fashion - was like before the Revolution.
