curvy mannequins not allowed in shop windows

[Amby 490]

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian police warned shopkeepers Tuesday not to use mannequins without headscarves or which exposed body curves, official news agency IRNA reported.

"Using unusual mannequins exposing the body curves and with the heads without Hijabs (Muslim veil) are prohibited to be used in the shops," Iran's moral security police in charge of Islamic dress codes said in a statement carried by IRNA.

Iranian police have stepped up a crackdown on both women and men, boutiques and small companies which fail to enforce strict religious dress codes since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to office in 2005.

The measures are the latest in a country-wide campaign against Western cultural influences in the Islamic Republic, where strict dress codes are enforced.

"Both showing necktie and bowtie behind the windows ... and (the) selling (of) women's underwear by men are prohibited," said the police statement.

In the past, crackdowns tended to be launched at the start of Iran's hot summers and petered out soon after. But last year they extended into winter and included a drive against tight women's trousers and even men with spiky "Western" hairstyles.

Those who violate dress codes are usually cautioned on a first offence, sometimes after a brief visit to a police station. But they can be detained for longer, taken to court and required to have "guidance classes" after repeat offences.

Dress codes are most often flouted in wealthier, urban areas. Conservative dress is the norm in poorer, rural areas.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090922/od_nm/...annequins_shops

[Peikko 1,575]

Well quite. I hope they ensure those mannequins that flout the rules are severely flogged, it's only right.

All this dress code nonsense reminds me of school - those were the days

[Amby 490]

flog the mannequins

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Some mannequins are pretty hot.

[Nessa 23]

just wrong

[The_Dude 1,142]

Awww I thought this was going to be about fat mannequins. I R dissapointed!!!!

[Amby 490]

i've never seen a fat mannequin. now i must google.

[~*Maria*~ 1]

[The_Dude 1,142]

Oh dear god, Amby on a google images search. We should all be afraid upon her return.

[Amby 490]

oh hmmmm...meet sally

[The_Dude 1,142]

[Amby 490]

her dress resembles a tablecloth

[The_Dude 1,142]

her dress resembles a tablecloth

I was going to say it looks eerily similar to my great aunts couch

[Peikko 1,575]

I like it.