Muslim Model Wearing Hijab Raises Many Eyeballs

[Business-education]

<h2>Muslim Model Wearing Hijab Raises Many Eyeballs</h2>

According to CNN, a retail giant H&M released a video that featured, among other personalities, a woman wearing a hijab. The video, entitled "Close the Loop," depicted models of many nationalities and genders. The ad was Mariah Idrissi's debut as a model for H&M too. She appeared less than 10 seconds in the video with a hijab over her head and the rising model said that she agreed to be a part of it because, "women who wear hijab are ignored when it comes to fashion," she said in an interview with Fusion.

"So it's amazing that a brand that is big has recognized the way we wear hijab," she added. "[H&M] asked how much in terms of neck I could show, but to be honest they were very respectful."She added. "It might be because hijab fashion has boomed in the last few years and to finally see a hijabi [a woman who wears a hijab] in mainstream fashion is a big achievement," she told Fusion. Indeed, other brands have had their share of dabbling in Muslim fashion, such as DKNY, which launched a Ramadan collection in 2014, according to Vogue.

"It was just a one-off, I didn't plan on it getting this big," she told CNN. Her participation in the ad has received criticisms, saying it goes against Islamic tradition and beliefs. "I've seen a few comments where (people are) against it, but there's nothing that says there is anything against it. In our religion, anything that's not stated as forbidden is permissible," she said.

"As long as I'm dressed correctly, according to Islam, then there's no problem. It's just promoting the hijab, in a way. If anything, it's good." She added. Just watch the video and get acquainted.

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[Himanshi Agarwal]

Halima Aden is an American fashion model. She is noted for being the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, where she was a semi-finalist. Following her participation in the pageant, Halima received national attention and was signed to IMG Models.

 

[poornima lagadapati]

Halima Aden, then aged 19, became the first contestant in the Miss USA 2016 beauty pageant to wear a hijab and burkini, attracting the attention of French fashion legend Carine Roitfeld. The following year she became the first hijab-wearing model to sign with a global modelling agency, IMG, and then the first to walk at New York fashion week, for Yeezy, the Kanye West brand. She later became the first hijab-wearing model to make the cover of Vogue – twice (first Vogue Arabia, then British Vogue) – and soon afterwards a Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot followed. By that point she’d already become a Unicef ambassador, and a go-to voice on diversity in the fashion industry. In 2017 she gave the first TED talk at a refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya.