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Someone Starts A ‘Best Dressed Hijabi Edition’ Thread And The Photos Look Too Cool
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Not only does fashion come in all shapes and sizes, it also comes in various cultures, religions and beliefs. This viral thread by a Twitter user who goes by the handle @seokthestallion encapsulates precisely that.
The caption “best dressed Hijabi edition to give u inspo” speaks for itself. Beautiful, colorful, experimental, creative, modern and unique, these are some of the best dressers of the Muslim world.
From niqabi skater girls to super fashionable influencers wearing abayas, get ready for some mega fashionistas who prove that religious code is yet another way to take your style to a whole new level! No wonder the thread blew up with 54.9K retweets and comments, as well as 237.2K likes adoring these fashion goals big time.
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Wow, this one is particularly stunning, she looks like she belongs in some 1920's period drama!
According to the Global Islamic Economy report, the worldwide market for Muslim clothing is forecast to be worth £281B by 2020. It just shows how much room for creativity and exploration there is in the Muslim fashion industry for both business and wearers alike.
However, some misconceptions on fashion in the Muslim world are still going strong, which keeps us away from more dramatic change. One British-Japanese designer and visual artist named Hana Tajima believes that "The biggest misconception is that there is such a thing as Muslim fashion.” In reality, “it's all just clothing.”
A step towards bringing the Muslim world into fashion was made back in 2016 by Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan, who presented a collection at New York Fashion Week. Inspired by her hometown Jakarta, the designer presented flowy trousers and tunics, and all models were wearing hijabs.
She wrote on Instagram: "I believe fashion is one of the outlets in which we can start that cultural shift in today's society to normalize hijab in America so as to break down stereotypes and demystify misconceptions.” And the standing ovations proved society is finally moving towards this.
Cafe de Flore!! Oh how I miss Paris. (And the outfit is rockin!! <3 )
Ironically, Hijabs etc were originally invented to hide a woman's beauty to make her less desirable to men other than her husband. These Hijabs appear to be attempting to do the opposite and make the woman more attractive. Why don't they just .... oh, never mind. lol
Note: this post originally had 102 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
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BP stands up for diversity and freedom, but is obsessed with Hijabis. It is indeed very fashionable in these photos, and probably these women wear it voluntarily. Arguably, though, most women don't, either due to legislation or societal pressure. Advocating the hijab as a piece of fashion thus feels wrong to me.
I get what you're trying tot say. I'm Muslim myself and many of us fight everyday against the patriarchal, archaic, so called religious views that are part part of some cultures and in essence don't have anything to do with religion. Men wanting to tell women how to be is still very 'popular' everywhere and logically to be found in areas torn apart by conflicts the people there have nothing to do with. It only takes a short history lesson to see this everywhere. BP was never obsessed with Hijabis and maybe you mean, Muslims in general. This was probably the second post ever I saw like this. The bottom line is: these are beautiful, stylish ladies enjoying life, something women should be able to do everywhere. I think they're just very pretty and fun, so just let them be, please. I don't wear a headscarf or something similar and dress just like my neighbours, still, it was enough for them to pick on me. If you try to find something to hate someone for, that's easy to do.
Last part of my reaction, sorry if you don't see it in the correct order. It's not because we have the luxury to do as we please, that that's the same for people from Afghanistan or India, for example. 50 years ago, no Catholic woman in this city would go out without a headscarf. The same is the case for older ladies in the provinces in Russia. Every religion based on the Old Testament wants to control followers and religious garb is one of these ways. Every normal person knows that the origin of asking women to cover their heads is to be found in historical context and evolving from this takes centuries... Religious aspects are a big part of many cultures and just like asking them to revoke their culture is unfair, we'd find it abnormal to be asked to be a copy of them. I love my culture and still can be very critical, because dialogue makes evolution. These young ladies should be able to be who they want, to wear what they want and are enjoying themselves like young people should! Have a nice day!
Thank you for your discursive comment. I think BP every now and then has a Hijab posting. And you are totally right: what I criticise is a patriarchal and/or forceful society.
If I counted the number of times I were told to go back to China, if we normally live in huts, if I'm here to find a husband, being from a minority republic in Russia, if I'm Finnish, Lithuanian, Greek. Or vampire being whiter than the people here. Every single day, I work harder than the people here, I don't complain when someone says something clearly racist or sexist and I pretend not to be aware of hostility my being different provokes in others. I smile until I go to bed. In the meantime, I have to correct the writing of people who can't even spell in their native language, who can't express themselves in normal sentences, but still think I, as the forever foreigner I'll continue to be in their eyes, should understand their local dialect. My point is, if it's not their clothing, it will be something else people will find bothering them in Hijabis. Clothing does not define our religion.
Sorry, I couldn't reply directly to your answer. I certainly understand what you mean and totally agree that a forceful society should not exist and hiding behind religion is often used by an oppressive society. That's why I feel secularization should be the norm. I just wanted to point out some things, albeit in quite a long post. Thanks and have a nice day!
"The same is the case for older ladies in the provinces in Russia." - what now? You mean women have to wear head coverings in church. Which is not the same as "no (...) woman in this city would go out without a headscarf"
Actually I think it’s the other way around. The Majority of hijabs (including me) wear it by choice. With the exceptional number one women who are victims of governmental oppression and social pressure. So no, ‘most woman” do where it as a choice.
Razan Youssef easy
Razan Youssef haha
I get what you're saying, but literally only in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran is the hijab forced. In every other country, particularly in the West, every Muslim woman you see makes a conscious decision to wear the hijab and it is their choice. I personally love how BP has posts about the hijab because it makes me feel seen. And the hijab can totally be fashionable! God knows I need help with that 😅 But if we don't advocate the hijab as a piece of fashion, the opposite is to advocate it as a piece of oppression, and I don't agree with that
Regardless of being fashionable, the hijab is worn as a tool of oppression for millions of women worldwide. There's nothing glamorous about glorifying it. And despite what Western muslim women might say about it being a choice, we have no idea whether or not they are being forced to by an oppressive patriarchal figure such as a father, brother or husband at home or behind the scenes.
I am from Egypt in the middle east and women here are free to wear hijab or not, I started wearing when I was 38 years old without being asked the same goes in most of the Islamic countries except some region in Saoudi, so millions is a very big number I don't believe is correct, I immigrated to the US 3 years ago and I was astonished of how western society think we are leaving, I was asked several time how my tent looks like in Egypt! and I am an MBA holder :-)
You resisted telling them, "It's shaped like a pyramid."? You are stronger than I.
Clearly you've never been to Iran.
Wow what is it like there
please educate me..when women wear the full on burka, which always seams to be black, does it get stinking hot wearing them in hot climates..?? men wear white, which is much cooler but black to me would increase the heat and make one feel hotter..summer in Australia gets damn bloody hot but yet you see the women dressed in all black..why..??
Shaimaa Samir no
Oh my goodness! People!! The hijab is not a symbol of oppression!!! It's a symbol of a woman's commitment to God. The majority of people DO wear it as a choice, especially those who you see in the West. And how do you know that? Because being a hijab-wearing woman means you face God knows what every single day. But we still wear the hijab. Putting on the hijab every time you step outside the house is a choice, and yes it's hard to wear it, but it's also so freeing. Honestly my biggest problem with people's comments regarding my wearing of the hijab is their assumption that I'm oppressed/the hijab is oppressive/Islam is a patriarchal and abusive religion. Like, no! I will glorify my hijab till the end because it's a part of me and I love it so much.
You know, I'm from a very religous family. My father is very strict about Islam, but never once he forced me or my mother to wear hijab. Even my reason to wear hijab is because I'm just lazy to do my hair. Lol. Now I'm married, my husband might be like it when wear hijab, but never even told me to wear one. I wear it because it's convenient for me.
Suci Andriani yes
Suci Andriani like
why would anyone want to ''normalize''female oppression in the west? in iran the women take their hijabs off to protest the brutal islamic regime wich forces women to wear hijabs.....and someone on bp thinks its a good idea to poromote this ..ridiculous.
There was once a time where women were not allowed to wear pants. They had to wear dresses. Those who refused were ridiculed and punished. Nowadays, many women wear skirts and dresses and many women wear pants and many woman have both. Because the point of "let us wear pants" wasn't "wearing dresses is bad and should be outlawed". It was "we want to choose". That's what it comes down to: Choice. Not having the choice to go without a hijab is bad. But not having the choice of wearing one when you want to is also bad. Really now. "I don't like that these guys are telling women what they should wear, so I'm going to tell women what to wear" isn't exactly the most supportive thing to do. Personally, I don't like that these guys are telling women what to wear, so I'll support women who make a free choice of whether or not to wear it.
BP stands up for diversity and freedom, but is obsessed with Hijabis. It is indeed very fashionable in these photos, and probably these women wear it voluntarily. Arguably, though, most women don't, either due to legislation or societal pressure. Advocating the hijab as a piece of fashion thus feels wrong to me.
I get what you're trying tot say. I'm Muslim myself and many of us fight everyday against the patriarchal, archaic, so called religious views that are part part of some cultures and in essence don't have anything to do with religion. Men wanting to tell women how to be is still very 'popular' everywhere and logically to be found in areas torn apart by conflicts the people there have nothing to do with. It only takes a short history lesson to see this everywhere. BP was never obsessed with Hijabis and maybe you mean, Muslims in general. This was probably the second post ever I saw like this. The bottom line is: these are beautiful, stylish ladies enjoying life, something women should be able to do everywhere. I think they're just very pretty and fun, so just let them be, please. I don't wear a headscarf or something similar and dress just like my neighbours, still, it was enough for them to pick on me. If you try to find something to hate someone for, that's easy to do.
Last part of my reaction, sorry if you don't see it in the correct order. It's not because we have the luxury to do as we please, that that's the same for people from Afghanistan or India, for example. 50 years ago, no Catholic woman in this city would go out without a headscarf. The same is the case for older ladies in the provinces in Russia. Every religion based on the Old Testament wants to control followers and religious garb is one of these ways. Every normal person knows that the origin of asking women to cover their heads is to be found in historical context and evolving from this takes centuries... Religious aspects are a big part of many cultures and just like asking them to revoke their culture is unfair, we'd find it abnormal to be asked to be a copy of them. I love my culture and still can be very critical, because dialogue makes evolution. These young ladies should be able to be who they want, to wear what they want and are enjoying themselves like young people should! Have a nice day!
Thank you for your discursive comment. I think BP every now and then has a Hijab posting. And you are totally right: what I criticise is a patriarchal and/or forceful society.
If I counted the number of times I were told to go back to China, if we normally live in huts, if I'm here to find a husband, being from a minority republic in Russia, if I'm Finnish, Lithuanian, Greek. Or vampire being whiter than the people here. Every single day, I work harder than the people here, I don't complain when someone says something clearly racist or sexist and I pretend not to be aware of hostility my being different provokes in others. I smile until I go to bed. In the meantime, I have to correct the writing of people who can't even spell in their native language, who can't express themselves in normal sentences, but still think I, as the forever foreigner I'll continue to be in their eyes, should understand their local dialect. My point is, if it's not their clothing, it will be something else people will find bothering them in Hijabis. Clothing does not define our religion.
Sorry, I couldn't reply directly to your answer. I certainly understand what you mean and totally agree that a forceful society should not exist and hiding behind religion is often used by an oppressive society. That's why I feel secularization should be the norm. I just wanted to point out some things, albeit in quite a long post. Thanks and have a nice day!
"The same is the case for older ladies in the provinces in Russia." - what now? You mean women have to wear head coverings in church. Which is not the same as "no (...) woman in this city would go out without a headscarf"
Actually I think it’s the other way around. The Majority of hijabs (including me) wear it by choice. With the exceptional number one women who are victims of governmental oppression and social pressure. So no, ‘most woman” do where it as a choice.
Razan Youssef easy
Razan Youssef haha
I get what you're saying, but literally only in countries such as Afghanistan and Iran is the hijab forced. In every other country, particularly in the West, every Muslim woman you see makes a conscious decision to wear the hijab and it is their choice. I personally love how BP has posts about the hijab because it makes me feel seen. And the hijab can totally be fashionable! God knows I need help with that 😅 But if we don't advocate the hijab as a piece of fashion, the opposite is to advocate it as a piece of oppression, and I don't agree with that
Regardless of being fashionable, the hijab is worn as a tool of oppression for millions of women worldwide. There's nothing glamorous about glorifying it. And despite what Western muslim women might say about it being a choice, we have no idea whether or not they are being forced to by an oppressive patriarchal figure such as a father, brother or husband at home or behind the scenes.
I am from Egypt in the middle east and women here are free to wear hijab or not, I started wearing when I was 38 years old without being asked the same goes in most of the Islamic countries except some region in Saoudi, so millions is a very big number I don't believe is correct, I immigrated to the US 3 years ago and I was astonished of how western society think we are leaving, I was asked several time how my tent looks like in Egypt! and I am an MBA holder :-)
You resisted telling them, "It's shaped like a pyramid."? You are stronger than I.
Clearly you've never been to Iran.
Wow what is it like there
please educate me..when women wear the full on burka, which always seams to be black, does it get stinking hot wearing them in hot climates..?? men wear white, which is much cooler but black to me would increase the heat and make one feel hotter..summer in Australia gets damn bloody hot but yet you see the women dressed in all black..why..??
Shaimaa Samir no
Oh my goodness! People!! The hijab is not a symbol of oppression!!! It's a symbol of a woman's commitment to God. The majority of people DO wear it as a choice, especially those who you see in the West. And how do you know that? Because being a hijab-wearing woman means you face God knows what every single day. But we still wear the hijab. Putting on the hijab every time you step outside the house is a choice, and yes it's hard to wear it, but it's also so freeing. Honestly my biggest problem with people's comments regarding my wearing of the hijab is their assumption that I'm oppressed/the hijab is oppressive/Islam is a patriarchal and abusive religion. Like, no! I will glorify my hijab till the end because it's a part of me and I love it so much.
You know, I'm from a very religous family. My father is very strict about Islam, but never once he forced me or my mother to wear hijab. Even my reason to wear hijab is because I'm just lazy to do my hair. Lol. Now I'm married, my husband might be like it when wear hijab, but never even told me to wear one. I wear it because it's convenient for me.
Suci Andriani yes
Suci Andriani like
why would anyone want to ''normalize''female oppression in the west? in iran the women take their hijabs off to protest the brutal islamic regime wich forces women to wear hijabs.....and someone on bp thinks its a good idea to poromote this ..ridiculous.
There was once a time where women were not allowed to wear pants. They had to wear dresses. Those who refused were ridiculed and punished. Nowadays, many women wear skirts and dresses and many women wear pants and many woman have both. Because the point of "let us wear pants" wasn't "wearing dresses is bad and should be outlawed". It was "we want to choose". That's what it comes down to: Choice. Not having the choice to go without a hijab is bad. But not having the choice of wearing one when you want to is also bad. Really now. "I don't like that these guys are telling women what they should wear, so I'm going to tell women what to wear" isn't exactly the most supportive thing to do. Personally, I don't like that these guys are telling women what to wear, so I'll support women who make a free choice of whether or not to wear it.