The social life of the Chador in contemporary Iran

The tumultuous fate of chador in the social life of Iranian women, led to the concealment of conflicting meanings: keeping women back from civilization, resistance against Western women, carrying justice-seeking meanings, clothing of the ruling Hezbollahi faction, beauty provider for the modern veiled woman. These meanings were associated with changes in its body; From the variety of sewing patterns to the accompaniment with other objects. In the present article, through documentary method, we show four periods of chador social life in the new era: as a symbol of backwardness, as a revolutionary and liberating tool, as a symbol of pro-government, as a commodity integrated in the fashion market. In the first Pahlavi period, the chador was spoken of as a distance from civilization and through the conflicts of the traditional with the modern. In the second period, the chador served the revolution and fight against the consumerist culture of the West. In the third period, the chador was associated with a form of cultural-political domination. In the fourth period, the chador created its own fashions to not only does not hide her owner's visual beauties, but also tries to reveal them as much as possible.