retail going for. once we know hot dress maker is and once we know what everyone else is going to wear, there s the cans of people will go out and buy and imitate what beam showed up in at the wedding. greta: i saw a lot of indications of foreigners here people who traveled here, i saw canadian flags. the canadians are proud of this wedding. it is bringing in people from all over the world. yes. i ve seen some australians coming here. it is an interesting mick. greta: how is the u.k. doing generally, economically? interesting point that you re making. the question that is very important. actually, the economy the gdp figures that cape out recently shows a small, tiny improvement in the economy. it is still problematic. this wedding is takes place in the same month as the big austerity measures are starting to bite. it is a bit problematic
middleton s gown will immediately be copied, will it not? i would say within a couple days to a few months, it will be in stores all over the world. and what is the significance in terms of what kind of dress she chooses? what is sort of the range of choices, ranging i guess from what princess diana did all those years ago, a very different era? are you imaging that this will be far more simple in design? i would think so. i think that the big question is whether she ll follow diana s lead and opt for a local dress-maker, relatively unknown, someone who will be instantly famous, or do what rumors persist in suggesting, which is opt for a more famous global brand like alexander mcqueen. and if it s alexander mcqueen, it would be sarah burton, the designer actually of one of michelle obama s gowns at a state dinner, very fabulous red and black gown.
interest really. jenna: we re seeing images on our screen women head to toe in burkas. some of the images coming out of afghanistan are so salient. the woman with her nose cut off the brutality of the taliban. that is the picture we see. you say there is a different picture we should be focused on. how are they contributing. the story of the dress maker of the kharir, khana. women during years the whole rest of the world has forgotten them. are women able to contribute to their communities and make live better because they were fighting for the next generation to have a better future which is really what the international community wants as well. the young women in the dress maker of khair kahn that. where years no one remembered afghanistan existed. now that the world s attention is on afghanistan we should invest women in the future. jenna: what do you mean by investing? obviously some of the women you profiled did
killed and the taliban claimed responsibility for that. in the meantime, new doubts from the accounts of a famous author who advocates building schools and empowering women as a way to win in afghanistan. happing now has been focused on this part of the story and how women fare under taliban rule. what is next as we begin our troop drawdown in july. our guest has unique insight into what is going on in afghanistan began. she is author of the dress maker of khair khana. you were last in afghanistan in december we understand. we talk about what it takes to win in afghanistan. why do women matter when we talk about that? well, i think as we recognized that women are contributors. they really make the difference. they are really allies in the fight to create more stable, more secure communities. they are not collateral damage. they are contributors when it comes to what happens next in the future of afghanistan, into creating a safer more secure country which is in the world s best
women like in this book fighting to keep a seat at the table and make sure that their voices are not lost in the rush to reach a peace deal. the dress maker of khair khana, the woman who created this business under taliban rule. when you said they couldn t go on the street they would be arrested, beaten, stoned or worse if they even attempted to behave as men could behave in kabul so the courage of these women is not to be underestimated. what s next for you? i do a little bit more reporting on this and probably go back to afghanistan and then i hope line era swlt. you are extraordinary. thank you for joining us. up next live pictures from the white house east room right now. we re expecting the president will speak shortly on the situation in libya and of course bring that live at the top of the hour with tamron hall. t tas? well, v8 v-fusion juice t tas?