From Hijab to 6" Heels

On New Year’s Eve I went to see Persepolis, an animated feature about a young girl growing up in Iran during the overthrow of the Shah. She leaves as a teen and returns as an adult, having to don the veil. For a couple of hours I was immersed in this world where women were not free to dress as they wished.

At 10:00 I stepped out into a winter night in New York City still wrapped in the habits of a different culture. What had seemed so normal just hours before - young women teetering on sparkly heels, wearing microscopic skirts – now seemed – different. For just that moment I was seeing our culture as an outsider.

So this is how free women choose to dress? Why do you suppose not one of them wanted to wear nice long wooly pants?