Mahla Zamani is an Iranian fashion designer,

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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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Life

She established the first fashion exhibition after the

Iranian revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

(1979) and put significant effort in popularizing Iranian stylish clothing. In her view, Iranians need to revive their past and dress in elegant colorful and traditional styles (instead of black and

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n dresses). Her efforts in advertising

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, Qashqai,

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dress styles attracted international attention. She has been attacked by fundamentalist circles and newspapers repeatedly. In 2001 Zamani received permission to launch ''Lotus: A Persian Quarterly'', Iran's first fashion magazine and the first Iranian magazine to show the faces of women since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Zamani was asked to design a dress for

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as a gift from Iran.

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Covered head to toe in silk and color
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