world hijab day
01 Feb
All about clothing

World Hijab Day

World Hijab Day

 

On 1st February every year, more than 140 countries celebrate this global event, recognizing the millions of Muslim women who wear a hijab.

 

This annual day was arranged by Nazma Khan in 2013. Intended to spread awareness on why hijab is worn, normalize the wearing of a hijab, and encourage women to wear it.

 

Nazmat Khan had faced discrimination and bullying in school while she was wearing hijab, she didn’t want any women to have the same experiences as she had to endure, calling you a “terrorist” is the worst thing that may happen.

 

 Hoping to foster religious tolerance she launched world Hijab Day due, to be on 1 February.

 

When was the official recognition of world hijab day?

 

 In 2017 world hijab day was admitted, and the event was hosted at the House of Commons, which was attended by Theresa May in New York state.

 

While in 2021 The House of Representatives of the Philippines approved 1st February to be an annual world hijab day, to increase an understanding of the Muslim tradition and customs.

 

What is the Hijab?

Hijab as a word actually means something like a partition or curtain that Withholds hair and all body from appearing to men that aren’t a part of their immediate family. 

 

Muslim women wear many types of coverings because it is divine legislation so they believe their faith requires them to do, to retain their modesty.

 

The popular type of hijab is like a headscarf but it also covers the neck.

you can find hijabs in a variety of styles and colors, which makes wearing a Hijab very joyful.

 

How to participate in world hijab day? 

 

The best way to participate in this event is to wear the Hijab. and encourage all women you knew to do the same thing, you could know more about hijab, and the hijab types such as the Shayla, Khimar, Chador, Niqab, and Burka.

 

You can do your research to know more about the Islamic faith, and understand all the Islamic traditions.

 

Famous empowered and inspirational women in hijab:

 

  • Malala Yousafzai – the youngest recipient of the Noble Peace Prize.
  • Hawa Abdi – Somalia’s first female gynecologist who runs a hospital and refugee camp 
  • Mariah Idrissi – H&M’s first hijabi model.
  • Ibtihaj Muhammed – the first Muslim hijab-wearing American Olympic athlete.

 

Modest is the key, wearing a headscarf and covering your hair aren’t everything, you have to cover your body also generally means being modest in your outfits at all.

The hijab goes further than physical accessories it represents diligence, modesty, and obedience.

Although there are more ways to wear a hijab than your head hair, That means you certainly will face many challenges such as finding shopping for new clothes the impossible mission and daunting because of the need to find a matching hijab for each outfit.

 

In the Khood fashion Store, you can find a lot of modest clothes variety between Abaya, Quftan, formal suits, dresses,  Soiree and Modest Activewear definitely satisfy you, even if it is hard to be satisfied.

 

Written by Rania Abu Jbarah

14 Jul
Fashion & Environment

What about Modest Clothes?

Modest fashion refers to a fashion trend for women of wearing less skin revealing clothes, for different reasons not just a simple matter of covering up; it could be for religion, ethnicity or personal preferences.

Dressing modestly is not simply putting on a long sleeve shirt with loose pants, it encompasses a wide variety of styles usually include long hemlines and sleeves, high necklines, loose and non-transparent clothes.

Why modest fashion is becoming a trend?

Modest fashion is a recognized trend nowadays; the beauty of modest fashion is that it doesn’t belong to one group anymore and it is no longer defined for conforming toward religious requirements only. 

It has developed into an inclusive trend and has made its way from the street wear to models and artists to adapt, especially through fashion influencers on Instagram have made it look more wearable and accessible for ‎everyone.

The reasons why women prefer to wear modest clothes are because they feel confident, comfortable and fashionable and can stay on trend at the same time, also some women choose modest clothes because they don’t like to show a lot of their skin. On the other hand a lot of pieces of modest fashion never go out of style.

Where modest fashion came from?

This clothing style was worn by women across several cultural and religious backgrounds not only Muslim ones they have opted to wear it for years. It has transformed through history, yet kept its primitive essence of elegance, length, and style.

The trend can be primarily traced back to the Islamic Empire at the eighth century as the requirement of Muslim women to cover up. Then there are the robes, shawls and kaftans of the 14th century at the Ottoman Empire. Also if we go back to Britain in about the 1950s ‎modest fashion was the norm. Everyone had long hemlines and long sleeves, Even the Farthingale skirts of Queen Elizabeth I in the Elizabethan era in England are considered modest fashion.

Even queens nowadays continue to wear modest clothes like Queen Rania Abdulla and Queen Elizabeth II and Duchess Catherine, Meghan and others; the reason is that this is the royal code to show them luxury.

 

Which brands included modest clothes in their collections?

Years ago modest clothes were barely available at stores, instead women used to buy clothes and tailor them to become modest by adding extra fabric or sewing slits together, there’s no doubt that the clothes industry has moved in a more positive direction to modest clothes nowadays. Designers and brands are releasing collections that are modest for hijabi and non-hijabi women and they got big profits and success; like Nike, Asos, Mango, H&M, Dolce & Gabbana and others.

How can we realize the rise of modest fashion?

While modest styles and individual pieces have been visible on runways in Europe for the past couple of years, designers are now creating entire labels dedicated to fashion-conscious modest dressers.

Demand for modest fashion is apparent to the extent it even has its own fashion week since 2017. Dubai Modest Fashion Week will be the 7th edition this year of global Modest Fashion Week event series after Istanbul, London, Dubai, Jakarta, Amsterdam editions with 2 Billion media reach including New York Times, BBC, Vogue, featuring a diverse array of luxury and contemporary fashion brands.

By: Yara Sinokrot

11 May
Tips

Modest Clothes in Europe Market

 

Clothes in the Middle East market are so diversified, where you can find traditional, modest and Western fashion clothes. While in  Europe it is not the same, there are only Western clothes, you can barely find modest or Arab traditional clothes.

Women in some countries in the world wear traditional clothes on a daily basis like in Gulf countries for example, while other countries in the Middle East and in Europe only old women wear traditional clothes on a daily basis and younger women wear traditional clothes only for special occasions such as a wedding or religious celebration like Eid and Ramadan.

Muslim population in Europe keep growing, and unfortunately Islamic fashion clothes offerings have been limited and there is a gap in the Europe market, there is no single Islamic brand catering to the fashion needs of the Muslim population,  most of the clothes in the market are unsuitable designs specially for Hijabi women.

Islamic clothing includes Kaftans, Abayas, clothing items that conform to Islamic dress code, Islamic clothes nowadays combine religious clothing with fashion trends, such as long dresses, long sleeves, loose fitting clothes and high necklines.

Modest clothes are not only for Muslim women whether Hijabi or non-Hijabi, a lot of women from different religions like to wear this kind of clothes.

In the past women had to customize clothes from the tailors because they couldn’t find modest clothes in the Europe market. But nowadays women in Europe are not facing the same problems they used to face before when they want to buy modest clothes or arab traditional clothes for occasions because now they can order whatever they want online from any country in the world and can come to them easily.

Khood is the best online store solution for such problems in finding modest clothes and Arab traditional clothes , you can find in our website a lot of varieties for occasions and for daily basis whether you’re a Hijabi or not.

 

By: Yara Sinokrot