{"id":24241,"date":"2022-02-24T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/western-fashion-and-the-hijab-connection\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T10:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T10:00:19","slug":"western-fashion-and-the-hijab-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=24241","title":{"rendered":"Western fashion and the hijab connection"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been years since designers in the West are commercializing symbols of religious identity as well as Muslim models in the name of breaking barriers. Hijabs have been everywhere at runways, photoshoots and magazine covers, but the designers themselves are not calling them that yet. In addition, mostly the women wearing them are not Muslim, or stylists don’t even respect its religious value, thus alienating a major population of Muslim women by cultural appropriation and turning a religious headgear into a fashion trend.<\/p>\n

For the West, modest fashion is majorly a means to capitalize on a previously uncharted market. The profit-making business model has not much to do with empowerment or inclusivity because it is continuously trying to put hijab — one of the most visible Islamic symbols of modesty — into the mainstream market without making any effort to create awareness about the value of the headgear. According to a report published in 2017 in Allure<\/em>, it is like a bandwagon effect: Nike unveiled Nike Pro Hijab, H&M cast its first-ever hijabi model, Mariah Idrissi, in their campaign, American Eagle debuted denim hijabs with Halima Aden, high fashion label Dolce & Gabbana launched a collection that included hijabs and abayas, and the list goes on.<\/p>\n

Forbes<\/a><\/em> qualified it as the \u201csmartest move in years,\u201d in parallel with the burgeoning Middle Eastern luxury market of $8.7 billion. A few years later, it seems that now everyone is jumping on the lucrative bandwagon without much thought.<\/p>\n

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Michael Halpern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most recently, pictures of Bella Hadid surfaced in which she is donning a hooded design at Proenza Schouler\u2019s runway show at New York Fashion Week. And days later, there are collections from Michael Halpern and Richard Quinn at the London Fashion Week. Both the designers experimented with cowl hoods and designed a garment that look like an inspired version of a hijab<\/em> and burqa. <\/em>While International publications are highlighting them with headlines like: Being a no-neck monster is the coolest trend <\/em>and Hoods get a glam makeover at Halpern and Richard Quinn, <\/em>it is a no-brainer that yet again the head covering is being glamourized by the fashion industry while hijabi women in places like France and India are still being denied the right to cover their hair.<\/p>\n

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