Contact Admin. Skip to main content. You're using an out-of-date version of Internet Explorer. Log In Sign Up. IRAN it to Everyone! This eMagazine is not copyrighted and may be published, copied, dispersed, posted, pasted and used to paper bird cages. This is the straight dope about Iran. Traditionally, a blood- before principle. Plastic surgery only allows the iction of tradition to be sustained: There is a large literature on exactly why societ- cal products of modernity, like computers and the internet, while ies value virginity at particular points in their evolution.
But the fact is that mo- recapitulate it here: More and more young Iranians practice and meaning of the state in every conceivable setting, from medi- are working independently of their families. More and more young Iranians are hav- in Madrid, and Echo Island, wherever that is and of course right here in the ing premarital sex.
USA as well, modern America. Honey Badloo sashays through the streets of her beloved Tehran determined to ind opportunity where Westerners see oppression. True, the aspiring model and designer strolled the catwalk only once before Iranian authorities banned fashion shows. And, no, her irst magazine cover never made it past government censors. But Persian style stretches back thousands of years, Badloo says with pride, and not even the austere regime can separate Iranians from their Gucci.
What are the styles outside of Iran? This winter, Badloo seriously pondered whether knee-high vinyl boots counted as covering her legs. She lashed a pearly smile and added: Brightly patterned head scarves come from Turkey, sequined tunics from Syria.
Housewives have made small fortunes hauling back the latest styles from Europe and the United States. Unlicensed vendors send text messages via cellphones to alert badloo loyal customers to coveted new cargo of Calvin Klein watches and Hermes scarves.
