Long they have been ignored by the fashion industry: style-conscious Muslim women. That is, a Chador, and hijab must not be old-fashioned and pious appearance, is shown in an exhibition in San Francisco.
Muslim fashion is battling in the Western world is still against prejudice. “Many people believe that all Muslim women must cover their body and face,” says Jill D’allesandro, curator of the exhibition “Contemporary Muslim Fashion” at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco. For the first time, a Museum dedicated to the trend-consciousness of women in Islam. “We want to show that for the majority of women in fashion is also a great freedom.”
“Contemporary Muslim Fashion” is an opulent exhibition which shows about 80 different styles and Outfits. Many are on loan from designers, from the Middle East and Asia: caftans and head scarves, colorful design of the dresses are see in addition to the controversial Burkina Faso and the Sporthijab of the company Nike.
“Hijabistas” and “Mipster” in the Trend
“Modest Fashion” to call Muslim fashion designer her style, so demure fashion. It is an industry that, for some years to Come. “Every year, Muslim women 44 billion dollars for fashion,” says Jill D’allesandro. And the trend is rising. She speaks of a “Zeitgeist”, inspired, among other things, of new fashion magazines such as Vogue Arabia, but also through social networks. There stage “Hijabistas”, the Muslim answer to “Fashionistas”, and so-called “Mipster”, i.e. Muslim Hipster, a new Muslim cool.
A luxurious Layer of style for the fashion-conscious Muslimah
Long by big brands and designers have adopted this Trend. In 2015, the textile trade company H&M promoted the first Time with a Model with a headscarf. In 2016, the fashion company Dolce & Gabbana brought out a collection for Muslim women. Also, the Japanese chain, Uniqlo has a line for Muslims in the offer. And so also the designs of Oscar De La Renta or Dolce & Gabbana: a Western Designer based in turn on Muslim fashion at the exhibition at the De Young in San Francisco.
New Angle Of View
The Austrian Max Hollein, former Director of the San Francisco Museum of Fine Art, and previously at the städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, had the idea for the exhibition. The planning began in 2016, shortly before the election, Donald trump’s to the new US President. Now, for the opening, the Show in the midst of an America that is increasingly dominated by anti-Islamic resentment. A response, don’t want to be. “We want to solve any problems, but new angles on a very exciting part of the fashion world that has been ignored by the Western world a long time,” says Jill D’allesandro.
To 6. January will see the exhibition in San Francisco. In the spring of 2019, you power in Germany.