COMMENT | Kuantan MP Wan Razali Wan Nor’s comment on nurses’ uniforms could be read as just another PAS hang-up with female body curves. That aside, his comment raises related stories that journalists could have side-barred to add value to an otherwise non-event.

How has Islamic fashion changed since the first International Muslim Women’s Textile and Apparel Conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2004?

What exactly is the Syariah-compliant dress code? Are hijab-wearing women in ripped skinnies or flight attendants in flattering sarong kebayas flouting the code?

What are the proper dress codes in clinical settings, for instance, in the United Kingdom and the Middle East? How has nurses’ functional wear evolved since the days of Florence Nightingale? And why are nurses’ uniforms originally white?

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