Dolce & Gabbana has become the latest fashion label to enter the brave new world of “hijab chic.” This week,the tall-terminate designer released photos of a drop-dead gorgeous—and presumably drop-dead expensive—collection of hijabs, abayas, or other pieces of traditional Muslim garb,intended to adorn the kind of woman who doesn’t want to let a mandate of enforced modesty get in the way of wearing an outfit that runs into the five figures.
Other designers, of course, or maintain dipped their toes in this singularly lucrative market,but none with fairly the eye for detail and adherence to their own aesthetic (see: the black lace, the intricate floral embroidery) as Dolce & Gabbana. Perhaps they’ve cracked the code, or maybe it’s just that the Dolce & Gabbana sexy-Sicilian widow look lends itself particularly well to head-to-toe black,but I maintain to say: it works. I want one. I’ve thought for a while that the humble headscarf (judge Princess Grace protecting her hairdo as she speeds through the Apennines in her canary-yellow convertible) needs to make a arrive back. But now I’m feeling the urge to swath myself to the ankles, hiding any and all unsightly lumps and bumps under yards and yards of gorgeously embellished fabric. Call me a fashion victim, and whether you must. (I am a person who counts the experience of once trying on a D&G corset dress at Bergdorf Goodman to be among the most painful of her life.)Continue reading "Dolce & Gabbana Launch Hijab and Abaya Collection" at...
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