But Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina appeared without balaclavas on Thursday, and were joined by two women wearing the group's traditional headgear.
I am surprised by the number of black-clad women sporting traditional headgear on board, many of them clutching empty plastic canisters.
But perhaps most of all they would like to see some tangible sign that Mr Mubarak's regime has any intention of loosening its hold.Last year's presidential election was touted as such a sign, but in the end Mr Mubarak ran against state-funded candidates whose programmes included such ideas as making the fez mandatory headgear and moving the capital to Alexandria.
Its members often walked about wearing ski-masks and turban-like headgear.
Courtiers, jobseekers and hangers-on in colourful garb and headgear rush in.
With necklaces and dangling earrings, feathered headgear and bells on their ankles, the men line up, swaying rhythmically, rising and falling on their toes, as their song, accompanied only by handclaps, rises to a crescendo.The gerewol, or male beauty pageant, is also a test of stamina.
So he outlawed the rather charming headgear and imposed a uniformity that denied his country's rich multicultural past.
But it helps in relatively few accidents, claim Dr Shealey and others; it may even make things worse, if heavy headgear whips the skier's neck during a tumble.
From a factory on the outskirts of Leicester, Pal International, of which Mr Brucciani is chairman, sends most of its hygienic headgear abroad: last year, more than 60% of its £12.8m ($21m) turnover came from exports.
The pictures, one showing Muhammad in bomb-shaped headgear, one with him wielding a cutlass, another saying that paradise was running short of virgins for suicide-bombers, provoked a tumultuous response around the world.
Over time they should grow accustomed to her headgear just as they eventually accepted Mr Erdogan's wife, Emine, who became the first ever prime ministerial spouse to cover her head.As for relations with the army, there remains scope for more tensions with the ruling politicians.
