When Dame Mary Quant’s miniskirt made its debut on the streets of Chelsea in the mid-1960s, it was as scandalous as it was stylish. The high-rise hemlines weren’t just a risqué fashion choice. They ...

In most parts of the world, women’s rights have moved forward over the past 50 years, even if at an incremental pace. And then there’s Afghanistan. For those old enough to remember, it is a ...

This photograph is real. However, this single snapshot is not representative of the culture across all of Afghanistan in the 1970s, and this is not the typical attire that women wore in the country at ...