ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the compulsory hijab in Iran. It examines the hijab and women's emancipation in Reza Khan's era of kashf e hejab. The chapter examines the Islamic Revolution and its effect on compulsory hijab. It also discusses the Iranian religious fatwas and the hijab. The chapter also addresses the Islamic Republic and its effort to control hijab fashion designs and fashion shows and street hijab fashion, underground fashion shows, and the thriving online fashion markets. In Iranian social and political history, for past 100 years, the hijab and dress codes play a significant role in the lives of women. Reza Khan implemented a rule in 1928, referred to as the dress reform law that required men to dress in Western clothes while in public. On 7 March 2013 Islamic Republic of Iran hosted an Islamic fashion and clothing festival. Street fashions are created individually by Iranian men and women, and are not part of an organized underground fashion show.
