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The Manifestation of Iranian-Islamic Identity in Qajar Women's Clothes Designing

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

Mona Jahanpour 1
Fahimeh Zarezadeh 2

1 M.A. in Islamic Art, Faculty of Art & Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran,

2 (Corresponding Author), Assistant Professor of Islamic Art Department, Faculty of Art & Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/spektrum.2020.190277
Abstract
Undoubtedly, one of the ways to know any culture in the past is to analyze the history of its nation's clothing. Because the history of clothing is part of the history of a civilization, which is linked to the culture of its people, studies in this area will provide a clearer picture of the cultural-artistic conditions that dominate them.Given the fact that the Qajar era coincided with intellectual and industrial changes in Europe along with Iranian courtiers' trips to the West and increased relations between Iran and the West, the following question raises: „How were Qajar women's clothes designed and produced on the basis of Iranian-Islamic identity features since they differed from the Western wear culture in the illustrated historical documents?” The findings of qualitative analysis showed that: Because the clothes were designed and produced based on four national, religious, humanistic and social approaches, all their components and accessories were derived from the model, common patterns, textiles and decorations among the nation. Thus, Iranian-Islamic identity manifested itself in women's clothing.


Keywords

women
Iranian-Islamic identity
Qajar
clothes designing

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Spektrum Iran
Volume 33, Issue 2
November 2020
Pages 91-110

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