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Women’s Clothing in Iran

Here are some original and reproduction of the women’s clothing in Iran – from different regions and historical eras. The images are taken from the book Negar-e Zan, published in Tehran in 1973 by the International Women’s Club of Iran.

Elam, 3rd Millennium B.C.

2nd Millennium B.C.

Median Period (900-600 B.C.)

Achaemenian Period

Achaemenian Period

Parthian Period

Parthian Period

Sassanian (Sassanid) Period

Sassanian (Sassanid) Period

پس از اسلام، سده ی ششم هجری – After Islam, 12th Century A.D.

After Islam, 15th Century A.D.

Safavid Period

Safavid Period

Safavid Period

Safavid Period

Zandian Period

Zandian Period

Qajar Period

Qajar Period (Authentic dress from private collection)

Qajar Period (Authentic dress from private collection)

Qajar Period (Authentic dress from private collection)

Qajar Period (Authentic dress from private collection)

Qajar Period (Authentic dress from private collection)

Zoroastrian (Authentic dress from private collection)

Zoroastrian (Authentic dress from private collection)

Armenian (Authentic dress from private collection)

Armenian (Authentic dress from private collection)

Region of Gorgan (Authentic dress from private collection)

Region of Gilan (Authentic dress from private collection)

Region of Khorasan (Authentic dress from private collection)

Kurdish (Authentic dress from private collection)

Qashqai Tribe (Authentic dress from private collection)

Baluch (Authentic dress from private collection)

Bakhtiari (Authentic dress from private collection)

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