Emma Tarlo is Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.Annelies Moors is Professor of Social Scientific Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

A stimulating and provocative collection of articles. Authors in Tarlo and Moors’ volume provide new data about Muslim women’s dress in several sites. Details highlight the tensions surrounding decisions of what to wear from both wearers’ and viewers’ perspectives, dispelling stereotypes about what it means to be veiled or covered. Their introduction and its bibliography alone are worth the price of the book.

• Annelies Moors and Emma Tarlo, 'Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion: An Introduction'SECTION 1 LOCATION AND THE DYNAMICS OF ENCOUNTER'Burqinis, Bikinis and Bodies: Encounters in the showers of public baths in Sweden and Italy', Pia Karlsson Minganti, Stockholm University, Sweden'Covering Up on the Prairies: Perceptions of Muslim Identity, Multiculturalism and Security in Canada', Franz Volker Greifenhagen & Brenda Anderson, Luther College, The University of Regina, Canada'Landscapes of attraction and rejection: South Asian Aesthetics in Islamic fashion London', Emma Tarlo, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK'Tartar Tastes and 'Arab' Migrants: Contrasted Perspectives on Muslim Dress in Poland', Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska and Michal Lyszczarz, University of Warsaw, Poland Section 2 HISTORIES, HERITAGE AND NARRATIONS OF ISLAMIC FASHION'Sule Yüksel Senler: An Early Style Icon in Turkish Islamic Fashion,' Rustem Ertug Altinay, New York University, USA'The Genealogy of the Turkish Pardösü (long overcoat) in the Netherlands and beyond', Arzu Unal 'Closet Tales from a Turkish Cultural Center in the Petro Metro of Houston', Maria Curtis, University of Houston Clear Lake, USASECTION 3 MARKETS FOR ISLAMIC FASHION'Transnational networks of veiling-fashion between Turkey and Western Europe', Banu Gökariksel, Duke University, USA and Anna Secor, University of Kentucky, USA'Made in France: Islamic Fashion Companies on Display', Leila Karin Osterlind, Stockholm University, Sweden'Hijab on the shop floor: Muslims in fashion retail in Britain', Reina Lewis, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, UK. Section 4 ISLAMIC FASHION IN THE MEDIA'Reading Islamic Fashion Imagery in Sweden', Degla Salim, University of Stockholm, Sweden 'Miss Headscarf': Islamic fashion and the Danish Media', Connie Christiansen, Roskilde University, Denmark Section 5 DYNAMICS OF FASHION AND ANTI-FASHION 'Fashion and Anti-fashion: the Aesthetics of Fully Covering in the Netherlands', Annelies Moors, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 'The Clothing Dilemmas of Transylvanian Muslim Converts', Daniela Stoica, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania'I Love my Prophet': Religious Taste, Consumption and Distinction in Berlin', Synnøve Bendixsen, IMER/Uni Rokkan Centre, Sweden.

Emma Tarlo is Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.Annelies Moors is Professor of Social Scientific Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

A stimulating and provocative collection of articles. Authors in Tarlo and Moors’ volume provide new data about Muslim women’s dress in several sites. Details highlight the tensions surrounding decisions of what to wear from both wearers’ and viewers’ perspectives, dispelling stereotypes about what it means to be veiled or covered. Their introduction and its bibliography alone are worth the price of the book.

• Annelies Moors and Emma Tarlo, 'Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion: An Introduction'SECTION 1 LOCATION AND THE DYNAMICS OF ENCOUNTER'Burqinis, Bikinis and Bodies: Encounters in the showers of public baths in Sweden and Italy', Pia Karlsson Minganti, Stockholm University, Sweden'Covering Up on the Prairies: Perceptions of Muslim Identity, Multiculturalism and Security in Canada', Franz Volker Greifenhagen & Brenda Anderson, Luther College, The University of Regina, Canada'Landscapes of attraction and rejection: South Asian Aesthetics in Islamic fashion London', Emma Tarlo, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK'Tartar Tastes and 'Arab' Migrants: Contrasted Perspectives on Muslim Dress in Poland', Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska and Michal Lyszczarz, University of Warsaw, Poland Section 2 HISTORIES, HERITAGE AND NARRATIONS OF ISLAMIC FASHION'Sule Yüksel Senler: An Early Style Icon in Turkish Islamic Fashion,' Rustem Ertug Altinay, New York University, USA'The Genealogy of the Turkish Pardösü (long overcoat) in the Netherlands and beyond', Arzu Unal 'Closet Tales from a Turkish Cultural Center in the Petro Metro of Houston', Maria Curtis, University of Houston Clear Lake, USASECTION 3 MARKETS FOR ISLAMIC FASHION'Transnational networks of veiling-fashion between Turkey and Western Europe', Banu Gökariksel, Duke University, USA and Anna Secor, University of Kentucky, USA'Made in France: Islamic Fashion Companies on Display', Leila Karin Osterlind, Stockholm University, Sweden'Hijab on the shop floor: Muslims in fashion retail in Britain', Reina Lewis, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, UK. Section 4 ISLAMIC FASHION IN THE MEDIA'Reading Islamic Fashion Imagery in Sweden', Degla Salim, University of Stockholm, Sweden 'Miss Headscarf': Islamic fashion and the Danish Media', Connie Christiansen, Roskilde University, Denmark Section 5 DYNAMICS OF FASHION AND ANTI-FASHION 'Fashion and Anti-fashion: the Aesthetics of Fully Covering in the Netherlands', Annelies Moors, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 'The Clothing Dilemmas of Transylvanian Muslim Converts', Daniela Stoica, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania'I Love my Prophet': Religious Taste, Consumption and Distinction in Berlin', Synnøve Bendixsen, IMER/Uni Rokkan Centre, Sweden.

Emma Tarlo is Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.Annelies Moors is Professor of Social Scientific Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

A stimulating and provocative collection of articles. Authors in Tarlo and Moors’ volume provide new data about Muslim women’s dress in several sites. Details highlight the tensions surrounding decisions of what to wear from both wearers’ and viewers’ perspectives, dispelling stereotypes about what it means to be veiled or covered. Their introduction and its bibliography alone are worth the price of the book.

• Annelies Moors and Emma Tarlo, 'Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion: An Introduction'SECTION 1 LOCATION AND THE DYNAMICS OF ENCOUNTER'Burqinis, Bikinis and Bodies: Encounters in the showers of public baths in Sweden and Italy', Pia Karlsson Minganti, Stockholm University, Sweden'Covering Up on the Prairies: Perceptions of Muslim Identity, Multiculturalism and Security in Canada', Franz Volker Greifenhagen & Brenda Anderson, Luther College, The University of Regina, Canada'Landscapes of attraction and rejection: South Asian Aesthetics in Islamic fashion London', Emma Tarlo, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK'Tartar Tastes and 'Arab' Migrants: Contrasted Perspectives on Muslim Dress in Poland', Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska and Michal Lyszczarz, University of Warsaw, Poland Section 2 HISTORIES, HERITAGE AND NARRATIONS OF ISLAMIC FASHION'Sule Yüksel Senler: An Early Style Icon in Turkish Islamic Fashion,' Rustem Ertug Altinay, New York University, USA'The Genealogy of the Turkish Pardösü (long overcoat) in the Netherlands and beyond', Arzu Unal 'Closet Tales from a Turkish Cultural Center in the Petro Metro of Houston', Maria Curtis, University of Houston Clear Lake, USASECTION 3 MARKETS FOR ISLAMIC FASHION'Transnational networks of veiling-fashion between Turkey and Western Europe', Banu Gökariksel, Duke University, USA and Anna Secor, University of Kentucky, USA'Made in France: Islamic Fashion Companies on Display', Leila Karin Osterlind, Stockholm University, Sweden'Hijab on the shop floor: Muslims in fashion retail in Britain', Reina Lewis, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, UK. Section 4 ISLAMIC FASHION IN THE MEDIA'Reading Islamic Fashion Imagery in Sweden', Degla Salim, University of Stockholm, Sweden 'Miss Headscarf': Islamic fashion and the Danish Media', Connie Christiansen, Roskilde University, Denmark Section 5 DYNAMICS OF FASHION AND ANTI-FASHION 'Fashion and Anti-fashion: the Aesthetics of Fully Covering in the Netherlands', Annelies Moors, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 'The Clothing Dilemmas of Transylvanian Muslim Converts', Daniela Stoica, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania'I Love my Prophet': Religious Taste, Consumption and Distinction in Berlin', Synnøve Bendixsen, IMER/Uni Rokkan Centre, Sweden.