hijab fashion Archives

Kosar Ali wears Alexander McQueen to the BAFTAs

Zainab Husain

British-Somali hijab-wearing actress and star of the 2019 coming age drama 'Rocks' Kosar Ali made her awards-show debut at the 74th BAFTA’s (British Academy Film Awards) on April 11, 2021, in a show-stopping, regal Alexander McQueen look from the brand's spring/summer 2021 collection. She was nominated best supporting actress for her performance in the critically acclaimed film about female adversity and teenage friendship in Hackney, London. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnH5d4hMOK/ In her collection notes for spring/summer 21, Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, expressed her vision: “Shape, silhouette, and volume, the beauty of the bare bones of clothing stripped back to its essence—a…

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This #modestfashion blogger bought zero clothes in 2020

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Yorkshire-born, Qatar-based modest fashion blogger Fadila Patel (@dilacovered on Instagram) has a penchant for bold photography and statement-making styling. Here, she discusses the impractical fashion trend that she'll never try, how the pandemic has made her re-think her relationship with fashion and consumption, and her vision for a fashion industry that's more inclusive: 1. What attracts you to the idea of dressing modestly? Any personal turning point in your life that inspired you to embark on a more modest lifestyle? My journey of dressing modestly started around my early teens, maybe for the wrong reasons though, I always dressed in…

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Covered in Confidence launches print magazine

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Those in the industry often lament that print journalism is a dying media. Blogs and online magazines have superseded the demand for physical magazines and newspapers, which are laying off staff due to budget cuts and even completely closing as demand for tangible journalism dwindles. Amid the pandemic, and this global print journalism crisis, a new fashion magazine has emerged, dedicated to modest fashion - a global, multi-billion-dollar industry where there's clear demand for innovation and entrepreneurship - even in the realm of print publications. Titled Covered in Confidence, the magazine is the brainchild of Kaniz Jaffer, the entrepreneur behind…

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The viral Vogue cover challenge isn’t all that modest

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Lately, my Instagram feed has been covered with magazine covers. Not genuine covers that you’ll see in real life. These are not representative of magazines that are currently being sold on newsstands – they’re photoshopped, edited and overlayed images of fashion bloggers, made to look like they’re covers of Vogue magazine. And while the social media trend went viral, and then dipped out of style like most digital movements do, it’s still sticking around with a niche group of women: hijabi fashion influencers. They’re posing in their headscarves and stylish outfits, bodies contorted in the edgiest of poses, with their…

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Haute Hijab sends out a powerful message on July 4

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Haute Hijab is a leading headscarves brand based in the United States, catering to a global market, and its founder, Melanie Elturk, is a pioneering face of the modest fashion movement. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjONFqDYA7/ It's tough to break out as a modest wear brand in a competitive, and saturated market, but when Melanie launched Haute Hijab in 2010, not only was she was not only one of the first to spearhead a mainstream movement in normalising modest fashion, but she also saw a wider opportunity with he business: to create and celebrate a community of women who had long been underserved by…

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5 modest fashion bloggers wear summer’s biggest textile trend: tie-dye

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Once the domain of the hippy-dippy, and not particularly style-savvy, tie-dye is now in. The ancient dying technique has reached the highest echelons of the fashion industry - luxury brands like Stella McCartney, Proenza Schouler, Off-White, MSGM and Loewe have all experimented with it, and the oversized, tie-dye tee (or matching top-and-joggers set) has become a work-from-home staple for the fashion-conscious set who are social distancing during the pandemic. Here's how modest fashion influencers from across the globe have been wearing the tie-dye trend: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAD36aegjGJ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CCJuiuLDEB6/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CBlEkgNAopU/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_X-RTbFlZd/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlUKvvg0Et/ Shop key tie-dye pieces from Pretty Little Thing, which just launched…

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Bucket hats: an unlikely micro trend for modest fashion fans

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One of the most surprising accessory trends to infiltrate the fashion scene, bucket hats are in vogue, and have found an unlikely ally in hijabi influencers. Offering coverage, shade from the sun and major style points, they’re a micro trend of the androgynous athleisure mode of dressing that has been gaining traction among millennials over the past few seasons. Athletic brands like New Balance and Adidas, and luxury labels such as Fendi and Gucci, have all created bucket hats in their latest collections, and e-commerce platforms such as ASOS have a wide variety of options. Attracted to this now-stylish head…

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