Darfur fashion – in pictures

The women wear some of the boldest colour and clothing combinations. It is almost impossible to see two women with the same outfit Photograph: Pedro Matos

Darfur fashion Photograph: Pedro Matos

All photos are of people in Darfur, often internally-displaced living in camps or Darfuris working with humanitarian agencies assisting them. I found interesting the fact that is not always easy to distinguish which one is which. Photograph: Pedro Matos

Women are bound by cultural moral and societal codes, but they enjoy quite a lot of freedom in Darfur Photograph: Pedro Matos

Most men will wear a white jalabiya robes with white trousers underneath and white or leopard-pattern shoes Photograph: Pedro Matos

City people working in services will often wear a westernised outfit with pressed trousers and an untucked shirt Photograph: Pedro Matos

Women combine tunics with Chinese-made Chanel belts Photograph: Pedro Matos

Women wear a mixture of the traditional abaya (arab tunic), the toub (many metres of colourful cloth wrapped around the body and head), and westernised fashion made popular by Egyptian soap operas Photograph: Pedro Matos

An array of fabric patterns and colour combinations Photograph: Pedro Matos

As Muslim countries go, women and men enjoy one of the most free environments to mix and to express themselves through clothing Photograph: Pedro Matos

Finding an 80-year old woman dressed in bright orange or green would be frowned upon in most of the West, and there’s a few of those in The Darfur Sartorialist collection Photograph: Pedro Matos