With the protests in Iran and supporters of Iranians voicing their anguish against the Islamic Republic, women have found their autonomy at the centre of a storm yet again. Women and their clothing have been defined through the narrow kaleidoscopic lens of men era after era, across the globe. Victorian-era English women were bound within the confines of corsets, which allowed little room for breathing and for movement- a metaphor almost, for their lives as "lesser citizens".