Iranian Traditional Dress

[shugs]

By special moderator request...


Traditional Iranian Dress For Women

For every Iranian region: (minus Kurdish, for some reason the pics wouldnt load)

Bakhtiari:


Balouchi


Gilani

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Kashani


Lori


Mazandarani




Qashqai


Qouchani


Source and info: http://www.persianmirror.com/culture...on/fashion.cfm
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Women/...ranian_wom.htm

[Gilgamesh]

Cool! lol

[mahdial_x5]

Mercii thats cool!

[shugs]

Sassanid Era (224 - 642 CE) mosaic from Bishapur in the Pars Region



Iranian Warrior women... I think during the Sassanid era, could be earlier!


Typical Safavid Era (1501-1722 CE)



Esfahani..


Qajar Era (1794 - 1925CE) woman smoking Ghelyan (shisha/houka)



Some modern artwork, clothing dated from the Pre-Islamic Era



More to come...

[shugs]

Some pics I scanned in from a book Sara got for me from Iran, its about its nature

Gilani:











Qazvin

[Gilgamesh]

^ nice pix!!

Abyaneh

(notice shoes^ )

[Marcialou]

I found some pictures of clothing from ancient Persia, presumably from the Achaemenid period but I don't know how to place them in the post. If someone gives me instructions I will add them to the thread. Otherwise, if you go to the link, you'll find them clearly labeled but mixed in with Babylonian and Assyrian sketches.

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML

THE HISTORY OF COSTUME - INDEX
By Braun & Schneider - c.1861-1880


Marcia

[shugs]

Aahh Great find Gilgamesh, very nice thanks

Originally Posted by Marcialou

I found some pictures of clothing from ancient Persia, presumably from the Achaemenid period but I don't know how to place them in the post. If someone gives me instructions I will add them to the thread. Otherwise, if you go to the link, you'll find them clearly labeled but mixed in with Babylonian and Assyrian sketches.

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML

THE HISTORY OF COSTUME - INDEX
By Braun & Schneider - c.1861-1880


Marcia

What you do is... tkae the pic's URL and put it in between this code [IMG][/IMG]... Also some websites do not allow you to host off their site so you will have to take the pic and host it elsewhere such as www.imageshack.us where you cal also host the images using the origional url

For example:

[IMG] http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/images/PLATE3CX.JPG [/IMG]

[IMG] http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7456/plate2bxqd3.jpg [/IMG]

(without the spaces between the code and url) Try it yourself

Yeah they look Achaemenid to me

[Gilgamesh]

traditional clothes exhibition:

[alitezar]

Very nice shots Gilgamesh.

Thank you

[Marcialou]

Thanks for the instructions and starting this thread, Shugs. Those are wonderful pictures you provided.

Here are pictures of Achaemenid clothing.

I wonder about the men's clothes. The noblemen seem to wear robes; the soldiers, robes with leggings, or tunics with leggings. Do you think the soldiers' robes are wrap-around things that separate when they ride or run? You would think that the active man would be inhibited by long skirts.

The first noble looks like his "drapery" might be wrapped around each leg separately. Isn't it sweet the way he's holding hands and looking at his companion?







Marcia

[alitezar]

Thank you so much Marcia.

Very beautiful drawings =)

[Marcialou]

Here's another picture showing Achaemenid clothing for a King and Queen. It's an illustration or painting of the Biblical Book of Esther but unfortunately I can't find the link anymore. (I hate when that happens.)

I love the picture for the expressions on their faces (and the blank look of the guard in the background) and for the space between them that shows the art and architecture of the palace.

[socrates#1fan]

Originally Posted by Marcialou

Here's another picture showing Achaemenid clothing for a King and Queen. It's an illustration or painting of the Biblical Book of Esther but unfortunately I can't find the link anymore. (I hate when that happens.)

I love the picture for the expressions on their faces (and the blank look of the guard in the background) and for the space between them that shows the art and architecture of the palace.

In bible school growing up I heard this story at least a hundred times.
It is one of my favorite(though I am not religious).

[arashmordad]

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[arashmordad]

[Gilgamesh]

[Tenacious]

Nice modest traditional clothing over all regions of Iran.

[Marcialou]

So here's a picture of a woman in traditional dress riding a horse. It looks to me that her skirt is so full that she can straddle the horse in it and still be modest. Is that how it appears to others or is she wearing some kind of robe over pantaloons?

Marcia