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The Islamic dress code implies on women to cover their hair with a hijab and to wear a Manteau over their clothes outside. As in many other aspects of the Iranian society, this means a great deal of compromise on a daily basis and it gives way for a double life. Men do not have to follow any specific dress code but the Islamic republic does not allow shorts, long hair and tattoos.

The post-war generations’ way of handling the Iranian dress code in its own way within a society where the urban recollection of war and martyrdom is an unevitable and constant factor fascinated me so I portrayed young women and men in their different outfits: one dressed for inside, according to their desires and one for outside adapting to the Iranian dress code.

LOULOU D’AKI