Women now have to wear more modest clothes and cover their hair

Glamorous shots of models in Iranian fashion magazines from the 1970s show just how different life - and fashion - was like before the Revolution.

In a series of pictures taken for magazines and catalogues and posted on photo-sharing site BoredPanda.com, models smile into the camera, twirl their hair and showcase bare legs, arms and hair - all of which must be covered up today.

The images show a Western-orientated aesthetic, and reveal women's freedom up until 1979 when the Islamic Revolution took place.

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Shoots from Iranian magazines in the 1970s have resurfaced which show the models in clothing which accentuates their cleavage as well as their legs

The images show fashions worn before the Islamic Revolution of 1979, when Iran was more Western oriented, a model is pictured in a waistcoat which she holds together with her hands

Women in Iran now cover their hair, arms and necks when they appear in public although they can dress as they like in their home.

The images dating from more than 36 years ago and beyond featuring models showing a startling amount of skin, particularly compared with the modesty that is expected of Iranian women today.

In the shoots, women show off eye-wateringly low-cut tops, including one shot featuring a beauty in a white tank top and short shorts, posing next to a footballer as they crouch in the snow.

Many outfits follow Western styles from the time and reflect trends including the vogue for long, straight hair worn by actresses such as Ali McGraw as well as Sixties cocktail dresses with scoop necks and nipped-in waists.

While the glamorous make-up used had the models showing off heavily kohled eyes, thick mascara and lipstick, they add an Iranian twist to the traditional old Hollywood look.

Women in Iran now cover their hair, arms and necks although they still wear stylish clothes and often wear colourful outfits, as opposed to the display of skin in some pictures

A smiling woman wears a stripy blazer with nude coloured tights in this shot with her hair decorated with clips

This halterneck top is similar to Western wear but with a Persian twist and the model sports a beehive-style hairdo

Women's hair was also as varied as in the pages of US or UK fashion magazines with models sporting perms, wavy bobs, long straight locks or glossy curls.

Today, women in Iran - even foreigners - are required to cover their hair and neck with a scarf.

Since the mid-1990s, there has been a gradual relaxation of the dress code despite continued campaigns by police to enforce it, but society has yet to revive the practice of showing off fashionable looks and the latest haircut, as seen in these pictures, on the country's streets.

A woman in tight shorts and a belt around her waist wears Seventies style hair in a sleek centre-parting

Form-fitting clothes are on display in the shoots, which many people would not associate with the more conservative dressing in Iran today

Models wear glamorous makeup worthy of filmstars in these shots with strong eyebrows and curled hair

Many of the images display a more flamboyant dress sense than associated with the country.

One model poses confidently for the camera in a green halternack crop top with her hair piled on her head and a necklaces of marble-sized beads around her neck.

The picture, which shows off plenty of the model's skin wouldn't be out of place in a US magazine, yet would never be allowed today.

An emerald-coloured crop top is also worn by one woman who has her hair piled up on her head in a bun and wore statement jewellery

While images of a model taken by an elaborately-decorated tiled wall show outfits which could easily have been taken from a UK magazine in the same period. It's not clear if the Iranian magazine is still on sale.

The blonde model wore a bell-sleeved dress, knee high boots and plenty of tie-dye for the shoot.