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How a Trans Woman Found Refuge in Pakistan's Progressive Fashion World

Watch this short clip from 'STATES OF UNDRESS,' VICELAND's new travel and fashion series, airing Wednesday, March 30.

Our new show STATES OF UNDRESSairing March 30 on VICELANDis not your typical dive into the high-fashion worlds of Paris, Milan, London, and New York. This travel and fashion series follows the host, Hailey Gates, as she explores the different and unexpected fashion scenes around the world, addressing the issues that the mainstream industry often ignores and investigating what people in other places are wearing and why.

Her first stop is Pakistan, a country that boasts a small but vibrant fashion scene that sits in stark contrast to the more religious areas of the country where clothing options for women are extremely limited and self-expression outside of the norm can lead to violent repercussions.

In addition to the progressive designers, models, and fashion enthusiasts she encounters at Karachi Fashion Week, Gates meets a trans hair stylist who was able to embrace her gender identity in the sanctuary provided by Pakistan's fashion world.

Watch the clip above and make sure check out the full episode of STATES OF UNDRESS airing Wednesday, March 30, on VICELAND, or if you can't wait, check it out online now.