Iranian Fashion Police - oh my!

Iran police move into fashion business
Women in high-heeled shoes and plenty of make-up strut down the catwalk amid clouds of artificial smoke. It is the first time live models have been allowed to appear in a fashion show in post-revolutionary Iran. "Arab styles" failed to impress some in the fashion show audienceThe only unusual aspect is they're draped from head to toe in the all enveloping chador that hides everything except the face.
No more Western Dolls - you got it?
In skimpy tight overcoats and high heeled shoes and token headscarves perched on the back of their dyed hair, they are what the authorities call "western dolls". Many young women born after the revolution do not seem to have accepted the official idea of Islamic dress. Conservative MP Rafat Bayat, who always wears a black chador, believes the problem is the state never educated young people properly.

The Fashion Police have arrived:
Aware that imposing Islamic dress by force hasn't worked, Iran's police decided to hold their own fashion exhibition recently to educate women about what they should be wearing - though there were no live models. "We want to guide our designers to meet the needs of our society," explained Sardar Ansari of the Iranian police force. "We don't want them to get their ideas about fashion from satellite television."


What not to wear - according to Iran's police authorities