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No matter what Malala Yousafzai does—whether calling out the Taliban’s oppression of Afghan women as gender apartheid or giving her opinions on marriage —it is arguably her fashion choices that have caused the Nobel Peace Prize winner the most controversy. “Clothes are always a big part of the conversation,” she says with a short laugh. “I talk about a lot of things. I have consistently been advocating for girls’ educatio n funding and addressing child marriage, for example. But that advocacy doesn’t get nearly the same attention.”

Yousafzai—who is known for her signature shalwar kameez, a long tunic with trousers, and dupatta, or headscarf, the sartorial

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