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From Istanbul to London and Dubai to New York, in the last decade, the modest fashion industry is beginning to gain recognition by mainstream brands in the West. After the world’s largest online modest fashion retailer, Modanisa debuted their annual fashion week in Istanbul last year, London Modest Fashion Week (LMFW) hit the catwalks at …
The Muslim fashion industry is making a buzz around the world. This industry can potentially lay claim to represent nearly 2 billion Muslims around the world. Naturally, it is a huge market segment, one that offers $200 billion estimated sales in a year and is gearing towards hitting the $250 billion mark by 2020. Seeing the …
TEHRAN – The 11th national exhibition on hijab and dignity is being held at Tehran’s Shahr-e Aftab Fairground. The event, which opened on May 3 and runs through May 13, follows the aim of making people acquainted with Iranian-Islamic products, Fars quoted Hamid Qobadi, the secretary of the working group on fashion and cloths as …
Srinagar, May 07: To raise awareness on traditional design of burqa and present it to women folk in Kashmir in a more contemporary style, a valley based Hijab designer is all set to obtain copyright for it. Farhat Shah, a Srinagar based Abaya and Hijab designer is currently working on ways and means to redesign …
Nike, the well-known U.S. sportswear company, recently introduced a sports hijab. The reaction to this has been mixed: There are those who are applauding Nike for its inclusiveness of Muslim women who want to cover their hair, and there are those who accuse it of abetting women’s subjugation. Nike, in fact, is not the first …
There’s a growing number of fashion brands and multinational companies showcasing women wearing an Islamic headscarf. But, for various reasons, some women from Muslim backgrounds aren’t happy with the trend. Dolce and Gabbana, H&M, Pepsi, Nike: just a few of the big brands putting women wearing a hijab – a traditional Islamic headscarf – front …
JEDDAH — Recognized as a creative celebration of contemporary modest fashion, Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibition, embraces the rise of the modest fashion industry around the world and welcomes a range of exciting international exhibitors to present their collections. Organized by Qatar Tourism Authority, the 11th edition of Heya showcases 17 international exhibitors and hosts four …
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced on Saturday that basketball players will be able to wear religious headgear in professional games starting from 1 October 2017. Previously, any headgear and hair accessories were not permitted in professional basketball games. The move means that Muslim women will now be able to complete professionally while wearing the …
The recent MLE Connect 2017 Muslim lifestyle event at 155 Bishopsgate, in London, was the UK’s biggest B2B conference discussing the Muslim lifestyle sector, according to organisers. Retailers such as Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Nationwide joined entrepreneurs and 200 businesses represented at the event. Delegates also came from abroad, from the UAE, Turkey, Malaysia and …
Bank Rakyat has launched a mobile application, Barakah, in a bid to capture the attention of Muslim consumers in Malaysia. According to the New Straits Times, the app contains information to complement the Islamic lifestyle for members of the public and is approved by Bank Rakyat’s Syariah Committee. Some features of the new app include …
Step one — place scarf over your head, one side longer than the other. Step two — wrap longer side around your neck. Step three — tuck. Done. This is the daily routine for UW neurobiology student Fatima El-Ghazali and other hijabis, people who wear a hijab. She has an entire closet full of scarves, …
I remember the first time I tried to wrap my hair. The fabric I used was rough and thick, so it was difficult to tie down. The woman who I credit with welcoming me into Islam gave me my first proper hijab; she also shared lessons with me and invited me to my first Eid. …
KUALA LUMPUR . Muslim women dressed as superheroes, princesses, and mighty sword-wielding warriors took part in a hijab cosplay event on Saturday in Malaysia, where the role-playing craze continues to grow. In cosplay, short for costume role-play, enthusiasts gather to imitate characters from anime series, comics and video games, many drawn from Japanese pop culture. …
A Wigan fashionista has broken onto the global scene with a pioneering clothing range to cater for all races and religions. Yasmin Sobeih, 26, from Standish, launched her modest sportswear range at this year’s “Muslim Lifestyle Show” in London after securing financial backing from the Government. “UNDER-RAPT”, Yasmin’s athleisure brand was derived from the fashion …
The Somali-American beauty – who is a practising Muslim – first started making waves in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, when she rocked both her hijab and a burkini, finishing in the top 15. Born in a Kenyan refugee camp, she moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota, with her family when she was six-years-old and last …
It is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world – and the UK is at the heart of it. The trillion dollar Muslim lifestyle sector has grown rapidly in a short space of time and is set to grow even further over the next few years. According to a recent report by Thomson …
Modest fashion has become a buzzword in the past decade or so. It has influenced fashion fans, religious and secular alike. Brands like Nike, Uniqlo, Liberty, Tommy Hilfiger, and Dolce & Gabbana have started offering modest clothing lines to attract the lucrative market of Muslim consumers everywhere. But, is it all Islamic in nature? Textile …
The Muslim committee of the Philippines’ House of Representatives approved on Thursday House Bill 968 which seeks to declare February 1 “National Hijab Day.” In a statement on Thursday, Anak Mindanao party list Rep. Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman, author of the bill, said that the aim of the bill is to raise awareness on misconceptions about …
With the inclusion of not one, but two Malaysian hijab e-commerce sellers on our recent Forbes 30 under 30 list, (Neelofa and Vivy Yusof #represent) it’s safe to see that the estimated $230 billion spent on modestwear estimated to reach $327 billion by 2019 statistic is no joke. Modestwear in general has become so important to fashion that …
What would Elon Musk do? London-based Nafisa Bakkar asked herself this question when deciding if she should quit her job as an entrepreneurship co-ordinator and launch a fashion website for Muslim women. “Elon Musk wouldn’t take the job!” says London-based Bakkar, 24, “but I was scared because if I left the job I’d actually have …
The Board at Blidensol nursing home in Stavanger makes a u-turn in the hijab case and will now allow employees to wear a hijab at work. Board member Thomas Middelthon at the nursing home shows that both the Equality ombudsman and the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Tribunal have ruled that it is unlawful to deny employees …
From lighting to fashion, there is money to be made in catering to once-ignored customers. TOKYO/MANILA In Asia, entrepreneurs can “think about creating startups that are global from day one,” said Ernestine Fu, venture partner at the Alsop Louie Partners. “[That] is not possible in Silicon Valley.” One reason for this is that some problems …
According to a report by the Iranian Cultural Center in Kyrgyzstan, the Hijab, with all its beauties, has become common not only among women in religiously devout families but also those with secular views. A Hijab-wearing woman is no longer viewed in the Central Asian country as being rural and those who wear the Hijab …
After a 13-month long design process, Nike will sell performance hijabs for Muslim athletes beginning in spring 2018. The Nike Pro Hijab consists of a single-layer pull-on design made from lightweight polyester in dark, neutral colors. The fabric has small holes to make it breathable while remaining opaque, which is a requirement for people wearing a …
