Islamic dresses: how to dress up as a faithful Muslim woman?

Some trends of Islam seriously restrict women's freedom, forbidding them to dress openly and prescribing wearing a special headdress. However, this does not mean that the followers of Islam were stuck in the Middle Ages. The art of fashion has power over Muslim women. To make sure of this, just go to any modern store where Islamic dresses and hijabs are sold. So, what are they curious about?

Features of Islamic clothes

Muslim believers should look in a special way - very modestly. In the Qur'an on this topic it is written that the women's attire should only open the face and hands (sometimes also the feet), not to be overly tight or translucent. In a word, it protects beauty from the eyes of ill-wishers or simply curious.

There are several varieties of women's dresses designed for different places: at home or on the street. They differ in the degree of closeness and overall freedom of variation. The traditional outfit intended for public places - abaya - is usually black. This is probably due to the times when travelers were often attacked at night: in dresses of dark colors, women could escape from their pursuers unnoticed.

Abaya is not required for wearing anywhere. As a rule, women are limited only to hijab, which contrary to popular belief is not only a headdress. As for home clothes, you can show great freedom, because I can open my head, hair, neck, shoulders, arms and legs to the knees.

Modern Islamic Fashion

Nevertheless, modern Muslim women rarely agree to dress as strictly as their ancestors. Not deviating from the Sharia, they allow themselves more interesting fabrics of not always dark, but rather restrained colors, inserts, embroidery and other ornaments that make Islamic dresses very elegant and beautiful. They attract attention to the woman, emphasizing, but not revealing her beauty. By along which the lady wears in public, one can draw conclusions about her taste, preferences, financial status and status.

Modern life dictates its own rules. And Islam can no longer lock a woman at home. Therefore, these days, he allows to wear burkins - closed swimsuits, as well as special dresses, coats and even business and sports suits. Muslim women can live the most ordinary life of the average European, differing from her except clothes. Of course, this is not practiced in all countries. In some places, women are forced to cover the whole face, but nothing to talk about extreme cases.

Even fashion shows are held, in which designers demonstrate their views on how a modern Muslim woman should look. And there you can see not only amazingly beautiful Islamic dresses, but also variations on the themes of traditional headdresses, jewelry, trends in make-up, and so on.

Shapes

Traditional Muslim dresses suggest a fairly loose cut, so that the fabric does not fit the body, but conceals its contours without attracting unnecessary attention to it. Women themselves believe that such clothes even give them an advantage over the Europeans, exposing the body for show. Thus, the most popular styles of Islamic dresses are hoodies, long shirts, straight or flared skirts, "bat" sleeves. Also from time to time, couturiers offer an overstated waist and various beautiful draperies that, while preserving their principles, look Muslims modern and very stylish.

Designers

Mostly Islamic dresses are a theme of works of oriental couturiers, which is quite natural. In Muslim countries, there is no shortage of artists working with tissues. But outside of them they are not always in demand. In Russia, there are many adherents of Islam, so in some large cities. For example, in Kazan, from time to time, they hold their own fashion weeks, representing the work of Muslim designers. In Russia, the loudest names in this segment are Naila Ziganshina, Gulnara Nurullina, Dilyar Sadriev, Rezeda Suleymanova and some others. Even such well-known brands as DKNY and Chanel, which in any case will not be left without consumers, produce clothing lines especially for Muslim women. As for the couturier of world renown, these are Rome Alasadi, Yasmin El Said and Zina Zaki.

Where can I buy?

The abundance of online stores of different directions does not leave any problems for women of fashion. But often before buying, I want to see and try on Muslim dresses, touch the cloth and choose the colors. Well, in most large cities you can find showrooms of the designers already mentioned. Well, the most wealthy women of fashion can go on shopping abroad: to Iran or the UAE. And many European capitals have acquired a lot of specialized shops for a long time. So, London was recently proclaimed one of the capitals of Islamic fashion.