Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes investigates how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. It’s a familiar exchange to ...

Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new series investigating how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. When women ...

And while the dress code doesn’t say it, the social code would undoubtedly allow a woman to wear an orange suit, while a man might make headlines if he did the same. Bad fashion makes for bad rules.

Advice; Miss Manners: A double standard in mens and women’s dress codes that I just can’t abide. Published: ; Jun. 16, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

Iranian women are changing cities by determining dress codes, defying authority. Iranian women say they have faced the fear of the regime and are moving on.

Iran Steps Up Policing of Women Who Defy Strict Dress Code The country’s morality police disappeared from the streets late last year as the authorities tried to calm anti-government protests.

It’s a familiar exchange to many women: “I love your dress.” “Thanks, it has pockets!” So coveted is the spacious inset pouch in womenswear that when they exist, they are likely to ...