States of Undress

In Pakistan, Karachi Fashion Week provides a kind of sanctuary, but outside its bubble Hailey Gates finds the forces working to eradicate the progressive culture it represents.   

The capitol city of Kinshasa in the Congo is a fashionable place and a runway for its citizens. Fashion can serve as either a means for progress or a distraction from social tensions within the country.

With Venezuela's history of violence and protest Hailey finds that beauty is most popular if dangerous.

In Russia, buying a fur coat is almost a rite of passage; despite the sanctions on western fashion the demand for luxury clothing continues to grow in the region.

Fashion week offers Palestinians some freedom of self-expression, Hailey explores how a country seeking sovereignty defines itself through culture.

Hailey visits the world's manufacturing capital to find out how China is transitioning from making the West's goods, to designing them.