Hijab Chic

[Umm Zain]

PursePrincess, you and your family are beautiful! Very photogenic people ~ every one of you!

 

[starface]

wow u look great! i love the black and red one...is that two diff scarfs or just the one!!!!

 

[*Anastacia*]

This must be the silliest thread ever. I thought the religion was about modesty and anti commercial materialism in showy fashions.

 

[xmodel citizen]

^ You can still look modest without looking like your grandma

 

[PursePrincess]

I see this thread as place to show and help other moslem women like me,that you can follow the moslem rules and be stylish at the same time........
God Loves Beauty....that's why he created heaven in the first place....,"We Moslem have to wear our clothes accordingly,so we wont appeal to our opposite sex vulgarly to encourage sinful acts",about modesty... we do against excessiveness...excess is having things that you dont really wear or use,just for the sake of having them,we rather give the money to charity(another moslem law,you have to share with the unfortunates)....I'm a shopaholic,but i shop for the things that i need,to be representable as a wife of a businessman,I'm A housewife/businesswoman myself(though i work from home),I need nice clothes to go to business events,charity events,etc,so I dont see anything wrong with being stylish as a moslem.....

 

[chocolatestain]

^ I'm nut too sure if its Moslem law per se to wear the hijab. I was reading Karen Armstrong's The Battle for God the other day and she wrote that Moslem women started wearing the hijab only in the 16th Century(I think, I'm not so sure abt the date) as a way for the upper-class Moslems to distinguish themselves from the peasant class. After that, other more lower-class women started wearing it and it became the norm.

I don't know, the issue of the hijab has always been an point of contention for me as a Moslem. I guess we have to decide for yourselves what exactly the Koran means.. and that takes time and experience because every time you read it, it'll mean a different thing for you, depending on where you are in life.

 

[PursePrincess]

X model citizen,Scarface,And Umm Zein....thanks!!

I'm not really that photogenic,but my sis is,She always look fab in pictures,i just took 4 of my best pictures out of a hundred!!!!

 

[vikingqueen]

This must be the silliest thread ever. I thought the religion was about modesty and anti commercial materialism in showy fashions.

I struggled with how to respond to this b/c it makes no sense - Religion predates concepts such as commercialism and materialism, and anything in Islam which might be applied to these ideas simply says that emphasis should be placed on your inner self as opposed to your outer.
That does not mean you have to wear a sack, or dull colours, or have no adornment.
Modesty does not equal ugliness. I don't know how else to put it.

 

[PursePrincess]

^ I'm nut too sure if its Moslem law per se to wear the hijab. I was reading Karen Armstrong's The Battle for God the other day and she wrote that Moslem women started wearing the hijab only in the 16th Century(I think, I'm not so sure abt the date) as a way for the upper-class Moslems to distinguish themselves from the peasant class. After that, other more lower-class women started wearing it and it became the norm.

YES....you are correct about that! moslem women only started to wear hijab in the 16th Cent.....Prophet Mohammad command us to,with the permission of GOD.
but the reason behind the rule is because of so many sex crimes and adultery happened at that time,so Prophet Muhammad's Idea was that we Men and Women(not only women)Limit other people Except our "Mahrom"(Fathers,Mothers,Brothers,Sisters,Husbands,Wives)To View most parts of our body,including body hairs....
About the Upper class and Lower class thing,at that ancient time,even the simplest thing such as fabrics were considered luxurious...especially in the arab world,where civilisation was not as advanced as in Rome and Greece for instance,so most of the poor could'nt afford to buy extra fabrics to cover themselves....most of them wore rags basically,that is why a women with a full covered veil considered "Rich". one hadith mentioned that once,a very poor couple went to the prophet Mohammad seeking advice,they told the prophet that they were sooo poor,that they both only have 1set of decent clothing to cover themselves,so the prophet suggest that they should share,they should go out of their house in turn,as long as they cover themselves properly
I'm not here to debate, but i thought i would share what i've learned from the Qur'an and hadisth...But i'm not against Moslems who has not cover themselves,it's really an individual choice....Religion is a Private relationship between each of us and GOD,No other God's Creature can judge us on that Except GOD himself.

 

[PursePrincess]

^ I'm nut too sure if its Moslem law per se to wear the hijab. I was reading Karen Armstrong's The Battle for God the other day and she wrote that Moslem women started wearing the hijab only in the 16th Century(I think, I'm not so sure abt the date) as a way for the upper-class Moslems to distinguish themselves from the peasant class. After that, other more lower-class women started wearing it and it became the norm.

YES....you are correct about that! moslem women only started to wear hijab in the 16th Cent.....Prophet Mohammad command us to,with the permission of GOD.
I have to correct this,i thought you were saying 6th century,not 16th,Only a few years after Mohammad became a prophet.............

 

[mozzas]

Hi ALL....
I am a South East Asian moslem and I've been wearing hijab eversince i did my first Haj pilgrimage over 10 years ago .....meanwhile....
I grew up in and surrounded by fashion,My mother is a quite wellknown fashion designer in my country,and before that,she was a moviestar when she was young(in the 70's) She was known for her great style,so you can pretty much say that me and my siblings grew up in style ,I mean reeeallly.....

Is your mother initial is I.R ? Forgive me if I'm wrong but looking at your photos, you quite resemble her.

 

[isobel]

nice topic here..

have you guys seen the recent TSE ads? their F/W 07 ad campaign : www.tsecashmere.com
i first saw em on W mag then saw the ad on a store window in soho.. i thought the styling was somehow muslim-friendly.. totally eye-catching..

and there's also a fashion & lifestyle magazine oriented to middle eastern readers, ALEF magazine who has great fashion editorials.. www.alefmag.com

and there's this nice article online about muslim-friendly fashion: http://fashionesedaily.com/blog/2007/09/13/muslim-friendly-fashion/

sources: tsecashmere.com, google.com, fashionesedaily.com

 

[G86]

^thanks isobel, love the TSE ads.

 

[ParadEyes]

i love this picture of Sheikhah Mouzah - the wife of the Emir of Qatar

kaznova

 

[ParadEyes]

Sheikhah Mouzah

kaznova

 

[The_Ida]

^She looks like a doll, so perfect

 

[jjbunny79]

^^ i like the person in the top left corner in the second pic

 

[taz]

Sheikhah Mouzah ..

thanks for the pic ParadEyes, I can see alot of J P Gaultier couture, some Dior & Chanel Coutures too with personal modifications, what a classy lady with a sublime taste.

I heard that last summer Prada turbans were invented for her.

 

[BerlinRocks]

this woman from Qatar looks great....
is there anybody from Qatar there???? (please PM me....... I have some questions........)

 

[Les_Sucettes]

The hijab only looks good in gorgeous girls, the rest, in average people like most of us looks absolutely dreadful, It would be like wearing a swimcap in the streets, just awful.
When you can see a bit of hair it's no so bad but the other way Makes perfectly normal girls look ugly.

I though the Koran only said that women should dress with modesty, does it really say textually that girls have to cover the totally of their hair?