Faith and Fashion - A select list

• WHY IS THE KHALEEJI HIJAB SO CONTROVERSIAL? Vice.com
•  When are costumes inappropriate? tanenbaum.org
• NUN'S WORK HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THE world of fashion... Sister Aloyse Hessburg helped start the fashion program at Mount Mary University... Cardinal rule her students had to follow, stylelist.com   
• T shirt Design for Interfaith Org. by Amira8 on deviantART
• 'I Heart Turbans': Sikh Student's Apparel Designs Spark Interfaith Dialogue at Parliament of the World's Religions: by Arezou Rezvani, from the Times of India
• Celebration of Believing Women - Interfaith Fashion Show
• Faith and Fashion – A new language for women’s interfaith dialogue, By Jennifer Mayo-Deman, Religious Literacy Leadership in Higher Education
• Fashioned to Reign: Empowering Women to Fulfill Their Divine Destiny   Kris Vallotton
• Religion, Dress and the Body (Dress, Body, Culture) Gabriella Lazaridis
• Moral Problems In Fashion Design: An Address Of Pope Pius XII - Di Gran Cuore Pope Pius XII
• Fashion and Age: Dress, the Body and Later Life Julia Twigg
• Mehndi: Body Painting (Book Only) Zaynab Mirza 
• Masks, Transformation, and Paradox A. David Napier
• Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion: New Perspectives from Europe and North America Annelies Moors
• Abaya (Burka/Burqa) - Islamic Clothing : Understanding Abaya, Islamic Clothing, Modest Clothing and Muslim Clothing HilalPlaza.com
• Hijab Fashion for Modern Women Lutfiah Ibrahim Saleh
• Islamic Fahion (Pepin Fashion, Textiles & Patterns) Pepin van Roojen 
• The Veil Unveiled FAEGHEH SHIRAZI

Extract from a Review: "In Assyrian, Greco-Roman, and Byzantine empires veiling was a mark of prestige and status. The author, Faegheh Shirazi, who is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, specializes in textiles and material cultures studies. She shows, through a series of a half dozen chapters, the immense versatility of meaning that the veil can have, depending on the context of its use. In Iranian cinema, for example, its use means adhering to the strictures of Islam, which forbids the erotic, whereas in Indian cinema it's meant to be titillating and erotic. In a chapter entitled "Veiled Images in American Erotica," cartoons from the pages of "Playboy," "Penthouse," and "Hustler" are examined. A chapter on advertising shows how the veil is used to sell automobiles, perfume, cigarettes, computers, and sanitary napkins, among dozens of other products. There are chapters covering military, political, and literary aspects as well as film. In Muslim cultures the veil is used to prevent "fitna," defined as the chaos caused by women's sexuality. If this is true, then the case might be made that a good part of the world is in total chaos. Regardless of your viewpoint, the book is thought provoking for anyone interested in human beings and culture. " If You're Curious About Why Women Wear Veils, By Ken T Barnett on August 23, 2001 @ Amazon.com

• The Faces of Faith: Amarillo Magazine survey reveals religious ...

• Fearless … and topless: Femen activists to bring 'sextremism' to the ... The Guardian-

• Parsons The New School for Design Sweeps Amazon Fashion ...

• Modern Fashion Meets Ancient Religion in Jewish Museum

• Fashion And Religion - the Fashion Spot

• Fashion's New Religion - New York Times

• 21 Controversial Blendings of Fashion with Religion 

• When Fashion Meets Religion: Three Examples