The Icelandic Burqa

Take a look next time you're in the company of more than three Icelandic women and you'll notice that the dominant colour is black. Even in summer.

The 'high-street' fashion landscape here is sometimes so homogenous that women dress virtually indentically.

I've been witness to conversations where groups of women talk about Islamic countries, remark at how oppressive the burqa is, saying how they lucky they are to have been born here, whilst all wearing mainly black.

The irony of this is not lost on me.