Showing posts with label orange. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orange. Show all posts
Monday, November 17, 2008
Safari Hijabi
I'm loving the Safari look and its come around again this Spring/Summer in New Zealand. The key color for Safari is khaki and this goes fabulously with white.
Some high fashion looks pair Safari items with animal accessories like chetah, zebra or giraffe prints but I think thats a bit tacky. The traditioinal Safari was going to Africa to shoot wild game, preserve it using taxidermy and put the spoils in their smoking rooms. Hunting for big game animals for sport is not very popular these days and has always been forbidden for Muslims as the Prophet (pbuh) said "whoever shoots at a living creature for sport is cursed." (Hunting for food however is permissable, there is a great article here). So I personally think matching the khaki pieces of the Safari look with animal prints can easily look over the top and tacky and sort of seems like you've gone out and shot something to wear on your arm/feet/head.
So I've instead made the feature piece a khaki scarf with mageneta, orange and white cyrasanthimum flowers and picked up these colors in the accessories.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Chain stores - Spring Just Jeans Blue
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Loving the eşarp - LOSVE Turquoise Paisley
Paisley is soo cool. Wikipedia says "is a droplet-shaped vegetal motif of Persian origin, similar to half of the Yin yang symbol, or the leaf of the Indian bodhi tree or the mango tree; or to a leech. The pattern is sometimes called "Persian pickles" by American traditionalists, especially quiltmakers,[1] or "Welsh pears" in Wales textiles as far back as 1888.[2]"
What I love about LOSVE scarves is that they are like eşarp, howerver they are not silk so are a lot cheaper, but they feature different patterns from the Turkish eşarp houses as they are independent of Turkish fashion being in the UK. This hijab features turquoise, white, orange and yellow so I have picked these up in my look. There's an alternate scarf or dupatta as I saw a sister wearing this in a salwar kamees recently and it was soo beautiful. I hope you like the quirky accessories, we are moving into spring now so I thought I would love to wear some OTT looks.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Shiny tesettür underscarves
Simply Islam Bone Hair Cap in Silk Saten for US$5.16 are available in a range of colors.
There are also satin underscarves for sale by themselves in purple or green for £2.50.
Alternatively you could sew a piece of satin on to an underscarf you already own (you could turn it around if you wanted the un-satin piece to show), use a satin scarf as an underlayer to another scarf (although this could be slippery) or use an elastic satin headband.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Rayyan's Eighteenth Outfit - Hijab
Here's my options:
Al Muhajaba el Aniqa Diana Camel Square Hijab for US$9.59
Star Scarves Red, Orange, and Brown Paint Strokes Scarf (Hijab) for US$ 15.99Monday, March 17, 2008
Rayyan's Fifteenth Outfit
Anaan Cotton Sweater Jacket in Dark Brown for USD $49.95She's wearing that top from Outfit One and Five again. I've found another option:
Shukr's Inverted Pleat Shirt in Henna for USD $48.95For the pants you could use your Shukr's Lengha Pants in Dark Brown for USD $48.95 or
Al-Farah's Brown Slacks in Brown/Cream for USD $23.99
Friday, July 13, 2007
Rayyan's First Outfit - Scarf
As you can see this is a very pretty scarf and is key to tying this outfit together. The scarf''s lighter color matches the long sleeve tee and the underscarf Rayyan is wearing. The darker color is similar to the skirt Rayyan is wearing and this will be the feature of the next post.
The thing about scarves is that they are all so different! It would take forever to find the exact same scarf as this as it features two colors, a striped patterned and a quick color transition. I'm sure its out there somewhere but it may be listed as a hijab, a shal, a shayla, a khimar or just a scarf. Also to look at a photo from a scarf it is hard for me to tell what it is made from. For these reasons its really hard to find the exact same scarf so a range of similar scarf options will be shown.
I will not be showing where to buy matching underscarves as they are one of the things that all hijab shops sell in a wide range of colors. Also some people never wear them, wear al amiras instead or wear unmatching ones under opaque scarves. What you wear under your scarf is a very personal decision, wear what you find comfortable. If your hunting for a particular color underscarf to go under a sheer scarf or to layer with The Canadian Muslim's 100% Cotton Undertube is a good place to start.
My advice is that you put your whole outfit together, then choose the scarf that goes with the outfit. Then chose an appropriate underscarf if you want to show it as Rayyan does in this outfit. If you choose a two-toned scarf match the lighter color to the long sleeve tee if you are layering and the underscarf. Then match the darker color to your skirt. If you one colored scarf make sure it goes with all the clothing you are wearing and match the underscarf to the long sleeve tee.
For an Al-Amira option try the eJilbab Orange Al-Ameera
My eJilbab Al-Ameera has a lovely feeling against the skin and although it totally secure it is in no way tight as some underscarves can be.
Another option is to layer scarves of matching colors from ones you already own. Play around with scarves once you've bought the clothing. Scarves are so much fun!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Rayyan's First Outfit - Top
Here's Rayyan at the new mosque for Jummah, you can copy this look by wearing this topor for a closer color match but different style of shirt
or to copy the layered look pair this
or this
or for a more casual look wear this by itself
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