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)
