“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.” ―Joanne B. Eicher, Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion

“Islamic Fashion and Anti-Fashion is an essential collection that fulfills a great deal of scholarship. It features sixteen essays covering history, anthropology, sociology, and fashion studies. Editors Emma Tarlo and Annelies Moors have written an excellent introduction, particularly in its discussion of how dress affects religiosity and piety, how fashion relates to assimilation and creativity, and the politics of so-called Muslim dress or “the performative power of the headscarf to make identity claims and political demands.”” ―Jennifer Heath, Fashion Historia

“This book is a great new way of researching Islamic fashion in the West. Especially interesting for those with an anthropological background and with an interest in fashion and the dynamics of (different kinds of) Islam in the West.” ―TRC