The assignment for Virginia Commonwealth University fashion students: design an abaya, an enveloping cloak worn by Muslim women, that is stylish yet acceptable in Arab countries. The assignment for ...

The latest designs of Turkish abayas and hijabs are gaining popularity in Pakistan. The abaya look like a jacket or a formal coat and the hijab covers the head. They are making it easy and modern to ...

Luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana is eschewing its signature sexy silhouettes for something a little more modest – for one special collection at least. For the first time, designers Domenico Dolce ...

London, England (CNN) -- Just because a woman covers up it doesn't mean she can't show off her individual style. That is the belief of a growing number of fashion designers in the Middle East who are ...

An Emirati designer has created a new brand to hit the United Arab Emirates, taking the traditional one-piece abaya – a common Muslim female dress in the Gulf – and breaking it in two. Badreya Faisal, ...

Dolce & Gabbana has focused collections on many female groups in the past from Italian mothers to young lovers but its new enterprise is by far the most boundary-pushing. The fashion house has ...

Recently featured in an H&M ad campaign, model and Muslim Mariah Idrissi says that women who wear the Hijab are ignored when it comes to both high-street as well as haute couture fashion, reports the ...

For a decade I’ve studied how Muslim women dress. Ripped jeans tucked into combat boots, structured jackets accessorized with designer sunglasses, flowy pastel chiffons embellished with ...