Faith
in Fashion
Thursday
5 December, 大象传媒 ONE, 11.35pm-12.05am
To
non-Muslims in Britain, Muslim women are often typecast by their
headscarf or hijab.
Faith
in Fashion meets a new generation of Muslim designers, stylists
and consumers who are passionate about fashion and joins them as
they choose new outfits for the Eid festivities.
Leili
Morshed is an Iranian graduate in fashion design from Central St
Martin's College in London.
The
inspiration for her work is the traditional chador which she has
re-interpreted to stunning effect.
Adding
colour, tailoring and beading, she has produced some striking designs
which allow women to 'express themselves' while remaining covered.
At
the College of North West London, many more Muslim women are now
enrolling on fashion design courses.
30%
of the women on Mahmuda's course are Muslim. She wants to specialise
in design and create "an outfit that has a hijab, a headdress,
which is widely accepted by other women apart from Muslims."
The
couture market is also very important to Arab women.
Laila
Hamdaoui is Fashion and Beauty Editor of Laha, an Arabic women's
magazine distributed in Saudi Arabia:
"Arab
women adore fashion, beauty鈥hey're very stylish women, take
away the black abaya and the scarves and you'll see that they are
big spenders."
Faith
in Fashion also explores wedding outfits with newly-wed Ahlya Fateh,
Managing Editor of Tatler, and follows web designer Famida Ghari
as she shops with friends and experiments with different scarf styles.
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