Policing fashion shows in India

It can be risky to show too much skin in India, even for a model.  According to this recent story, Indian police have begun monitoring fashion shows to make sure that models are appropriately covered up.

Indian police have an unusual undercover surveillance job this week: scanning the ramps and observing models at a top fashion show to check that no one intentionally displays too much flesh.

Police in plain clothes mingled with India’s cigar-chomping, crystal-clinking class at the Lakme Fashion Week, after busting zippers and slipping bustiers at the show’s last edition sparked a morality debate in the conservative country. …

In March, a series of “wardrobe malfunctions” at the show saw models exposing their breasts and buttocks, sending newspapers and television channels into a frenzy of excitement.

Why is this public display of flesh causing such an outcry?  The article notes that:

Talk of sex in public is considered rude in India, while even holding hands or kissing in public is frowned upon and can draw jeers.

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