Whatever happened to "Afghan coats"?

I was a child of the 60s and 70s. I remember when everything one heard about the middle east was cool.
Who remembers Afghan coats? Persian rugs?  Once upon a time in the west in the 70s these were the indicators of cool and hipness. Every self respecting right-on academic would have one or two.

So fast forward to the boring "control and surveillance" society of the 20-teens.
These items would now have you put on a list for potential terrorist activity.

Who is wearing an Afghan coat now? who is proudly displaying a persian rug?

The main question to ask here is: how is this linked to the profits of the shareholders in the companies and corporations that profit from the wars on the Middle East?

To what extent is fashion as depicted in mainstream media tied to and dictated by the "market" which is led by Wall Street?
And here in Australia by the Australian Stock Exchange.

So, in conclusion we can say once they were so cool. Whatever happened to the Retro revival of Afghan coats? It got lost in the PR for the wars on the Middle East.