Fashion also makes Ramadan

  • By:karen-millen

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01/2023

Ramadan consists of the absolute prohibition of receiving nothing from outside the body.Nothing.The life of millions of people is filled with veto with the arrival of the ninth month of the Muslim calendar: they cannot try a bite until the sun is put, nor can they smoking, or drink alcohol, or have sexual relations.But the Quran does not prevent the Muslim to cover their body of the latest trends.The only condition is that the garments fulfill the halal, that is, the Islamic precept of reco in female dress.Today, Islamic women have an ally that has hung this label to a new collection.The American firm Dkny (Donna Karan New York) has launched Dkny Ramadán, long and loose skirts, maxi-dash and monkeys that are elegant without neglecting discretion.

The brand has had to be inspired: in two women who have become a world reference for style.Rania de Jordan, a Muslim devout who does not cover her hair and always dresses in the western way.Love fashion and its favorite designers are Elie Saab and Christian Dior.And the sheikh of Qatar, who always hides his hair for turbans that combines with long skirts, to the ankles or to the ground.They are two unwavering standards that she has managed to convert into virtue, with practically monochromatic 'looks' of houses like Dior and Chanel to those who give life with exquisite accessories.

'Mipsterz' (Muslim hipsters)

La moda también hace Ramadán

The designer Donna Karan has managed to respond to the demand made by the young 'mipsterz' (Muslim hipsters), conciliators of Islam and modernity being at the same time conservative, free and independent.They integrate a kind of female urban movement, emerged in the United States Muslim community and now extended to the rest of the world;It consists of the avant -garde combination of Hiyab, the Islamic veil, with the latest trends in fashion."Finally!", They have celebrated hundreds of Twitter users through the brand's hashtag (#dknyramadan)."It's fantastic news.Exciting encounter that designers embrace their oriental roots and Islamic patterns, "Asthma, hijabista of Hiyab, the Islamic veil, and fashionista - and one of the most influential bloggers between the new generation of Muslimists among the new generation of Muslim.

The collection, created by the Fashion Editor Kuwaiti Yalda Glasharifi and the designer of Dubai Tamara al Gabbani, emphasizes baggy and vaporous silhouettes and garments that recatiently cover the entire body, as the Quran demands.They are mostly models in discrete colors such as earth, white, black and dark blue tones, but there are also printed designs.To wear them it is necessary to travel to one of the branches that the firm has in Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and the countries of the Persian Gulf.

This Islamic fashion has not been exempt from controversy.Some of the designs, which should not only stick to cover the curves of the female body, but also to the ethical conditions of manufacturing and distribution of garments.Those who see in this new tendency have also been thrown a marketing strategy to turn Ramadan into a consumerist holiday in the style of Christmas.In the days before fasting, sales in shops in London, Paris, Dubai and Beirut grow up to 60% on account of customers who take advantage to waste before surrendering to prohibitions.

The designer Stéphane Rolland opened the ban last season with a limited edition of Caffanes that he sold exclusively in his Abu Dhabi boutique only during Ramadan.Without reaching those extremes, firms such as Prada, Dior or Burberry have also signed up for the juncture, which reserve their most expensive items for the occasion, especially the most exclusive bags and shoes.Muslim consumers in the Middle East spent more than 224.000 million dollars in textile in 2012, according to a Thompson Reuters report.Only USA overcame this expense in clothes and footwear.

Fashion also makes Ramadan
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