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Creativity and Diversity in Muslim Fashion.

At Jakarta Fashion and Food Festival recently (May 23, 2012, in Hotel Harris, Kelapa Gading, Jakarta), four well-known Islamic fashion designers from Indonesia showing off their latest collections in a fashion show as part of the Festival's series. With the show's title "Into The Future", these four designers came up with their own uniqueness in concept and design.

Jeny Tjahyawati came up with her "water inspired" designs dominated by aquatic colour-palette, from blue to aqua green and its gradation. Tuty Adib came with her shiny "cosmic nuance" collection in "atmospheric lights colour-palette such as dark brown and purple, mixed with green, yellow and orange. Dian Pelangi with her signature "youngsters style" collection in tie dye motifs and soft/pastel colours; and, Nuniek Mawardi with her colourful "minimalism-futuristik" designs.

Here are a little peep from the show:

Jeny Tjahjawati's Aquaristic

Tuty Adib's Venus in Love

Dian Pelangi's Plastic Doll

Nuniek Mawardi's Life in Technicolor

Interesting right? As we know, there are lots of creativities that can be poured into "covered style" fashion... and then they create diversity in Muslimah Fashion.

So, we look forward for more creativities in Muslim Fashion :)

Within Islam's mandate for modesty, the styles are endless...

Some news I picked from the fashion world in the past week are filled with a "touch" of Muslim fashion. From the world's hub of high fashion, New York, to the running Fashion Week in London, and Indonesia (the next fashion hub... *I hope.. ^_^* especially for Muslim fashion).

From New York, The National and The Guardian reported that the world's first Muslim model agency has been opened in New York city on February 11th, 2012. Although, as long as I know, this is not the first.. Indonesia already had this kind of agency that represents Muslim women with hijab only as models. Hmm... but I forgot the agency's name ;)

Live report from London Fashion Week also showed some covered styles that were running down the runway. On day 2, Issa London with her 'full prints' Autumn/Winter 2012 collection showcased beautiful prints on some model's outfits and headscarves.

And from Indonesia I heard the news that there will be an event on September called "World Muslimah Beauty 2012" competition. I do not know is this some kind of "hijabified" Miss Universe or is it different.. Let me find out more about this :)

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As for the first news, do you remember my previous post, Covered is the new couture, about the upcoming launch of Underwraps, the first Muslim model agency in New York? Now, it has been opened.

Here are the interesting news written by The National and The Guardian-UK:

World's first Muslim model agency opens in New York.

Nailah Lymus (center) with two models at the launch of Underwraps in New York. (Photo: Stephen Lock for The National)

The launch of the world's first Muslim model agency, in New York's fashionable Tribeca district, offered an interesting alternative to the options presented at New York Fashion Week a few blocks uptown. A coming-together of a particularly stylish segment of the Islamic community in this cosmopolitan city, the event on Saturday night played host to everyone from a fully veiled woman in black abaya to dramatically coiffed fashionistas (and fashionistos) curious about a groundbreaking project.

The founder of the Underwraps agency, Nailah Lymus, is a born-and-bred New York Muslim with a love of fashion and a mission to prove Islam's worth and tolerance to a city whose inhabitants remain, in many cases, emotionally fragile and somewhat suspicious of Islam more than a decade after the tragic September 11 terrorist attacks.

Read the full article here.

And The Guardian wrote:

If the guests atttending the Stella McCartney party are anything to go by, then flesh will feature prominently in London fashion week. If so it will be a far cry from one fashion show in New York last week, which coincided with the launch of a new agency for Muslim models. Could the trend for modest couture catch on here?

The Underwraps agency's founder, New York fashion designer Nailah Lymus, says 'being modest isn't just a Muslim concept'; it crosses many religions and cultures.

Read the rest of the article here.



Issa London, in her show in London Fashion Week's day 2 (February 18th, 2012), wrapped some of her models with modest outfits.

I love the outfit combined with a big flower-printed headscarf worn by one of the models. Unfortunately the outfit, particularly the bottom part of the outfit, was not really modest (from Islamic rules' point of view).. It should have been a modest outfit if only the model didn't wear a pair of tight pants but instead a maxi skirt or wide pants in the same prints.

However, love the way this outfit was mixed-and-matched..

For hijabi, of course it's better to change the tight pants with a pair of wide pants or maxi skirt.. :)

Another stunning prints at Issa London, Autumn/Winter 2012 collection, London Fashion Week:


Some modest outfits from Issa London's Autumn/Winter 2012 collection:


What do you think of these? Are these a good opportunity to raise an awareness on covered style; Or, do you have another opinions?

In regard to Muslim model agency, it's recommended that starts from Muslim fashion designers who are willing to hire models from these Muslim model agencies, and also the models, who must always improving their skills on fashion modelling.

I have been so busy lately and have no time to write... As a mom of two boys and a wife, and working on a bit of small entrepreneurial things I'm trying to work out.. are already consuming almost all of my time! I only had a very little time for my "me time".

During this "little me time", I usually fill it out with blogging and reading. I love reading since I was a kid. And blogging.. I love it since I knew it several years ago.. :) These activities make me feel fun and fresh with new knowledge, info, inspirations, entertainment, and sometimes humor I got from them.

But, when it comes to blogging, I got distracted easily.. you know, with so many news and exciting info, I can help it but read them all one by one, and.. when I realized, ohh, my "me time" has run out and I haven't share a thing yet with you guys! :p

(Update: I read in one book that there's a site named ReadItLaterList.com that is useful to save and make a list of what we want to read later. I surely need to check this out.).

Or, I have been too tired to blog after I finished up my "duty" as a mother and a homemaker :)

Sounds cliche? But I definitely sure that many of you, especially Mothers, feel this way.

Many self-development books also have taught us how to be an effective person, how to manage your time effectively, how to be a very good multitasker, how to not get distracted easily when you are working (in my case, blogging) and so on. But still I feel that I am not as effective as I want to be.

So, I have to mind myself to keep learning on this my best.

Okay then, here is today's newsflash for you:

Today, the countdown begins for the launch of new Karl Lagerfeld collection:


Click the picture to read more about it.

New modest fashion lines come from:

Saby H, a New York based designer coined the word Shehjaab for their fabulous scarves. It is a blend of two words, Shehzaadi, which means princess in Urdu and the word Hijab. Here are some of their scarves I love:



Cocoon Clothing from UK with lots of modest, chic clothing collection: