"While everyone has the right to express their cultural, traditional or religious background by wearing a specific form of dress, no one should be pressurized or coerced to do so, " he said.

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My favorite look however was the form fitting nude double spaghetti strap dress with sheer cutouts on the waist.

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In Britain, this style of dress is often associated with Muslims espousing a hardline-fundamentalist form of Islam.

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Paltrow shimmered in a simple, sleeveless silver gown, but the 20-year-old Lawrence sizzled in a form-fitting, racer-back, tomato-red dress.

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But down in the detail there were complex issues surrounding which elements of a design (in the form factor, in usability, and in what was called the trade dress) were truly protected by law.

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