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    MehrNews.com, Iran
    Tehran: 18:03 , 2007/09/15

    Ehsaii denies permitting sale of clothes bearing his calligraphy

    TEHRAN, Sept. 15 (MNA) -- Master of calligraphy Mohammad Ehsaii denied
    having given permission to the Sudreh Institute to sell clothes
    bearing his calligraphy artwork, the Persian service of IRNA reported.

    Some news agencies recently announced that the Sudreh Institute,
    managed by Saed Meshki, is incorporating the calligraphy of master
    Ehsaii into clothes designed to have a distinctive Iranian identity.

    Ehsaii said he only gave Meshki permission to use the calligraphy work
    on clothes to be presented to guests at the recent Iran Cinema
    Celebration ceremony, adding, `The 400 T-shirts made for this event
    did not have my signature and I did not give the Sudreh Institute
    permission to sell them.'

    Saleh Beheshti, who works with the institute's design team, told the
    Persian service of CHN that the first garments produced for sale by
    the institute are due to be completed in a couple of months.

    He explained that the designs are completely Iranian in style and the
    first batch bears one hemistich of Ferdowsi's poetry in the
    calligraphy of the graphic designer Ehsaii.

    Beheshti also announced that the first series of the clothes will be
    displayed in an exhibit and each design will bear a label on which the
    name, date of production and number of the garment has been printed.

    According to Beheshti, the production of each design will be limited
    to seventy garments.

    On the subject of the sale of the products, Beheshti said that they
    are accepting orders via internet, `Shops are not suitable outlets for
    our products in the initial stages of marketing. We are planning to
    identify our customers gradually. Later, we will establish shops and
    sell our products in a wider range.'

    Beheshti emphasized that they will probably hold exhibits of their
    products in Armenia for the Christian New Year and in Dubai at Noruz.

    On the choice of the name Sodreh, Beheshti explained, `Sudreh is the
    name of a garment which Zoroastrians used to wear from the age of
    puberty. Sodrehs were white, with short sleeves and no collar. They
    were actually similar in design to today's T-shirt. We used this name
    in order to make young people aware that former generations also made
    use of these kinds of garments.'

    The production team consistS of graphic designers and several clothes
    designers, as well as experts Ahmad Mohit-Tabatabaii, Mohammad
    Beheshti, and Marjan Sheikholeslami, he concluded.

    RM/MA END MNA
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