Beauty Pageant Hijab

Head covering Muslim in Minnesota beauty pageant.

Because modesty is beautiful.

http://jezebel.com/halima-aden-is-first-contestant-to-wear-hijab-in-miss-m-1789410217

Beautiful Head Wraps

NaturallyCurly.com has posted some beautiful head wrap photos from National Head Wrap day, November 20.
http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/beauty-style/20-magical-photos-that-will-make-you-want-to-wear-a-head-wrap/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=FB_RSS

Royal Ascot Hats! Gallery

It's a horse race but Royal Ascot is all about the hats http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photos/it-s-a-horse-race-but-royal-ascot-is-all-about-the-hats-1.3638914 Shared via the CBC News Android App

Gatsby Style Head Scarf

The Great Gatsby and Downton Abbey have brought the Roaring Twenties forward a hundred years. As always, style follows popular cinema and television. Just you watch; it's already started. Bloggers and hairstylists are bringing forth photos and how-tos throughout the internet inspired by the whole art deco genre. Get ready to adjust your head scarves as modesty will allow:

Daisy's scarf from Great Gatsby: find out more about how to tie at Scarves.net's  Scarf Tying How-To's

Club Monaco's Gatsby Head Scarf

(over $80, but we can find something to match it in our own price range)

A modern take, from a blog photo article on Gatsby style hair pieces at The Twistband Blog

Check out this cute style from "The Great Gatsby: Timeless Glamour" blog entry

""Tie Your Headscarf The Daisy Way"

"Prairie Girl in the City" created this Gatsby inspired look

"Henry Happened" posts pictures and video of how to create the Gatsby style scarf wraps

Another "Inspired by Gatsby" head scarf wrap style

Check out the Feminine Headscarves at the Marc Davis runway fashion show (how-to at link)

"Made With Loops" presents the knitted version, free pattern linked at her site

Turbans Designed by Venius shows off a variety of turbans and wraps that fit the 1920's styles as well as today's

And don't miss"10 Ways to Style a Head Scarf" - a video from The Kit: Beauty and Fashion, inspired by the ladies (especially Lady Edith) of Downton Abbey.

Just Cover Up

Summer time in the northern hemisphere means longer days and more sunshine, and warmer weather that has folks wanting to strip down and go nearly nude. But uncovering your body and your head in the summer are not just rules for Arabic-background cultures, and they never were. We bicker and argue over whether or not we should cover out of modesty, or religious duty, or as a symbol of our faith, or from government law, or out of a sense of fashion, or embarrassment at hair loss. But here's the thing: everyone should cover up.

How to protect yourself - Canadian Living: • Cover up. “Keep your T-shirt on" says Rivers. Wear loose-fitting pants and long-sleeved shirts made from closely woven material for the best protection. Wear a wide-brimmed hat. And continue to use sunscreen.

Further rules for covering and protecting your head and face include:

• Head for the shade whenever possible and cover up with clothing and a wide-brimmed hat. (Look for a brim with a dark underside to prevent sun from reflecting back up onto your face.)
• Protect lips with lip balm that has at least SPF 15, and reapply every hour.
• Protect your eyes; wear sunglasses with a UV rating of 100 per cent.

The number one choice to protect your skin from sun damage is:

1: Cover Up

About one million Americans were diagnosed with some form of skin cancer in 2005. In fact, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation, the disease makes up one in three cancers diagnosed in this country. Fortunately, there is plenty you can do to protect your skin from the damaging effects of the sun.

One of the best things you can do is cover up. The sun's rays are most intense between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Stay indoors during this time, or if you must be outdoors, cover up and wear sunscreen. The Skin Cancer Foundation says that hats and clothing made of dark, tightly woven materials absorb ultraviolet light better than cotton fabrics in lighter shades. Dry fabrics offer more protection than wet ones.

 Check web stores like Sun Protection Zone,
 the Village Hat Shop,
Solartex Sun Gear,
and the sun hat guide at Sun Protection Hats.

For articles on how-to wear a floppy hat, see this at Fashion Spot or this at FairWindSarongs.

Facebook Headcovering Pages

Karen Orr has contacted me before and just again, to let us know of her small but apparently active home business for modest dresses and headcoverings. You can find her at the Modest dresses & HeadCovering Shop at Facebook. I think that if you are interested in her goods, you should send her a private message, since she doesn't have an outside website shown here.

Even on social sites like Facebook, keep your eyes open, and search where you can.

Other head covering websites with pages on Facebook include:

• Inspirational HeadCoverings - "creates fashion forward scarves for women who have lost their hair due to medical treatments. Please visit our website at www.InspirationalHeadCoverings.com."
• Headcoverings by Devorah - where modesty doesn't have to mean frumpy! You can find Devorah's website at  Headcoverings by Devorah.
• Heavenly Headcoverings - with a personal Etsy website also -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/lindaward1?ref=si_shop
• Headcovers.com - that wonderful website that provides such stylish headcovers for those who have had to deal with hair loss, also at Headcovers.com. 
• And there are about a billion (yes I am exaggerating) listings that come up when I type "hijab store" into the Facebook search feature.

Have fun exploring the internet through whatever source you are able to use. But, as always, be aware of stumbling across creepy sites.

Sale: Pre-Tied Bandanas, Snoods, Hats, Berets, Headbands, Hair Accessories

And now for a commercial . . . ;)

Pre-Tied Bandanas, Snoods, Hats, Berets, Headbands, Hair Accessories Handbags, Costume Jewelry - MyHeadcoverings.com

Please also read this great article about this website and its relation to the explosion of variety in head and hair covering styles:  The Yeshiva World

The Guardian lifts the veil on London's stylish hijabs - photos

Lifting the veil on London's stylish hijab wearers | Life and style | The Guardian

"Iranian-born photographer Sara Shamsavari's colourful portraits celebrate the individuality and creativity of the capital's young Muslim women"

Colourful article with link to an online gallery of photos taken by the photographer. Part of International Women's Day: Women of the World Festival, 6—10 March 2013.  Photos here by Sara Shamsavari are from the online gallery in the Guardian.

"The project, she admits, was inspired by her own experience growing up in London in the 80s and 90s. Despite her blue eyes and fair skin, Shamsavari's Iranian background meant she became accustomed to name calling. Yet this prejudice only fed her desire to focus on what she calls "uncelebrated communities" in her work. "With all depictions of ethnic minorities there is too much negativity and too many cliches and stereotypes. I wanted to do something that was the opposite." "

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Side note to Christian, Jewish and other head covering wearers: are there any galleries like this for the rest of us? 

"FROhio Fashion Week Begins with Workshop"

FROhio Fashion Week Begins with Workshop - Toledo Natural Beauty | Examiner.com

True, this event is over, but the thoughts continue: head coverings can be beautiful and stylish.

 "Naturals in the City of Toledo gathered Monday night at the Mott Branch Library in Toledo, Ohio to learn creative ways to use fabric as decorative and practical head coverings."

Photo accompanying article by

Megan Yasu Davis, Toledo Natural Beauty Examiner

 "Head Wraps are not just worn by stars or people who want to "connect with African Roots". They can be worn to spice up a great pair of jeans and a tee, with a formal gown or to simply cover a "bad hair day".

You can select any time of fabric like leftover fabric from a sewing project, old t-shirts, part of a skirt, even an old table cloth or scarf. You can layer the fabric for color contrasting or use floral clips, rhinestone pins or barrettes to accent your wrap. Wraps can be worn high up, with some hair exposed in the top or for bangs and you can rock a head wrap that is more turban style and close the the head.

Whatever way you choose to wear head wraps, they are a fashion trend, a statement, and a practical way to decorate and protect your hair during the Winter months!"

"Russia Head Scarf Ban"

"Russia Head Scarf Ban: Putin Opposes Headscarves At Russian School"
in Huffingtonpost.com, 10/18/2012

In a article reviewing the European trend to ban head coverings of every sort, in every public place, President Bladimir Putin is reported as speaking out against the wearing of headscarves in Russian schools.

"Putin's statement follows a recent incident in Russia's southern region of Stavropol during which a school principal forbade girls from Muslim families from wearing headscarves to class. Their parents protested and the principal said she was threatened.

Asked to comment on the issue, Putin clearly voiced his opposition to headscarves at schools, saying that Russia is a secular state and must create equal conditions for all its citizens.

At the same time, Putin sought to calm passions raised by the dispute, saying that authorities must show a due respect to followers of all religions.

"We have a secular state, and we must proceed from that," Putin said at a meeting with supporters."

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 Putin said that . . . any departure from secular rules in public life could eventually lead to the infringement on the rights of followers of other religions. "It would be better if all people feel equal," he added.

In an interesting in-website link, the HPost has linked a 19 photo slideshow of Muslim modest fashion from various fashion shows. Fabulous.

Kate Middleton's Headscarf - Princess Diana

Some readers may be interested to see these comparison photos:

Kate Middleton's Headscarf Recalls Princess Diana Circa 1996: Fashion Flashback (PHOTOS)

Fashion and respect while traveling

In Pictures: Hijab for Soccer/Football Players

In this photo essay, "Elham Seyed Javad shows how to wear her design for a sports hijab in Montreal, May 1, 2012. Her design is in competition to become the headscarf chosen by FIFA, which is lifting its ban on the head coverings in soccer."  See: 

A new hijab for soccer is born - The Globe and Mail

For more information and a short video of women in action wearing hijab, check out this link, about Iran's footballer ladies:  "Iran’s female footballers in action after head scarf ban lifted". - in RT.com

"Muslim headscarf meets fashion" magazine

The linked short article hear triumphs the Ala Magazine in Turkey, which proclaims that "Veiled Is Beautiful" in its photos and advertisements geared toward women who choose full modest dress, including head coverings, long skirts and sleeves.  Glamour for modesty seems a contradiction, since the very definitions clash. But it may do something for the education of those who believe that to dress in a non-flesh revealing way must mean the same thing as dressing in a sack.

A short quote from the article:

photo from the article in iafrica

The fashion world now sees a growing demand from conservative Turkish women who are keen to assert themselves.

"There are now much prettier things than before," said Merve Buyuk, a 22-year-old trainee at Ala. "Designers have now understood that we exist. They've started making clothes that are not necessarily black or brown. ... I'm pretty happy with this change."

Ala is hoping to influence conservative women's fashion and cash in on it with advertising revenue.

"With this magazine, we are changing trends. We say that women in headscarves can follow trends. There are more and more products on the market they can access," Aslan said.

More at the link:

iafrica.com | lifestyle | fashion | international fashion | Muslim headscarf meets fashion

hats for all ages by shemakeshats on Etsy

hats for all ages by shemakeshats on Etsy

Must see!  :)  Knitted hats...

Headcovering Barbie

In case you missed it, Barbie, of Mattel Corp., has agreed to shave her head in respect for the many who wrote and asked Mattel to create a friend for Barbie who suffers hair loss. The dolls will be made and shared from the company to hospitals and others who help children who lose hair due to chemotherapy or other medical conditions.  Bratz and Moxie Girlz, the competition, has already agreed to the idea as well. All these dolls will come with various fashionable head coverings as well. 

Internet search "bald barbie" for the numerous articles.  See the initial push at Facebook:  Beautiful and Bald Barbie.

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If you came to this article title looking for a real doll like Barbie that dresses comes with modest clothes and a headcovering, don't forget about the Arab teen doll, Fulla. (Her website comes with good lessons for girls in the learning section too!)

Hijabs and Hoodies

They've been all over the news: you haven't missed it, have you?  A woman killed and left with a note telling her to go home, "you terrorist," when all that was known about her was the fact that she wore hijab.  A young man killed late at night in a quiet neighborhood because, wearing a hoodie, he looked suspicious.

Judged on skin colour?  Religion?  Real behaviour?  And there is that something that they just happened to be wearing on their heads. Coincidence, perhaps. And an indicator to those who go bareheaded that something is "weird" about them, it seems.

Men began walking around head bared to the sun somewhere in the 40s and 50s, and I haven't found a true reason in any article to explain why.  (President Kennedy was following a trend, apparently, not creating one, when he frequently appeared in public hat-less.) But his decision to go bare-headed, and the many women who soon after followed suit in taking off their hats and scarves in public, both in the US and in the Western world, seems to have affected these modern generations who feel that there is something "wrong" with wearing something on their heads. Something suspicious. Are they hiding something in there?

Doctors and parents have to beg to get people to cover up out of doors on sunny days or freezing days, and wilderness experts emphasize in every article how important a hat is to your essentials list.  Those who do wear caps outdoors often wear them bills-backwards, losing any benefit the protective sun shade might offer. Women cut their hair off like men, rather than spend the time it takes to care for and cover to protect their hair in out of doors situations.

I have my guesses as to some of the reasons that hats and other head coverings fell out of fashion for so much of the Western world. Head coverings were status symbols in an era when no one was supposed to be more important than anyone else. In the past it was sort of okay to show off your Easter bonnet, because everyone seemed to enjoy the sport. The better the hat, the higher the rank, so you knew who your superiors were and could treat them accordingly.  But then times changed.  God was declared dead, and therefore all men were no longer "created" equal, but were equal based on the fact that we all came from the same dirt. And more than any time in history, it seemed, people took offense at their elders, their bosses, their parents, the authorities - their men - ... and anyone who attempted to put one person "above" another. Hats and headcoverings symbolized authority, wealth, status... and suffered from our pride. (As do we, when we sunburn or freeze or get ticks from the trees in our hair...).  And from lack of familiarity over the years, came ignorance, and close on its heels: fear.

So hijabs and hoodies, turbans and yamulkas, are now suspect. What are we hiding?

Liking this article: Hoodie, hijab killings rooted in U.S. 'fear industry'

One Million Hijabs For Shaima Alawadi: Women Wear Hijabs In Support Of Slain Iraqi Woman

'Hang on to Your Hats' opens tonight at museum

'Hang on to Your Hats' opens tonight at museum - Fort Morgan Times

New in-house exhibit created from museum's collection of headgear

By JENNI GRUBBS Times Staff Writer
Posted: 01/25/2012

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"It wasn't that long ago that everybody wore a hat," she said. "Whether you were the president of the United States or a day laborer, everybody wore a hat."
But today, wearing hats in everyday life has become "more of an anomaly," Cooper said.
"In just a couple of decades, my, how things have changed," she said. "Hats were such a part of our culture for centuries."
Now, Cooper and the Fort Morgan Library & Museum are hoping that area folks will come revisit that culture and history on display in "Hang on to Your Hats."

Display in Colorado only, but an interesting idea!

Brandon woman memorializes mom with ministry | TBO.com

Something about those head coverings. . . . Just a nice story today. :)

"Brandon woman memorializes mom with ministry | TBO.com"


"After Irene Westley died, her daughter, Juanita Westley, launched a ministry called Women of Many Hats in her memory."

By MICHELLE BEARDEN | The Tampa Tribune
BRANDON – --

Irene Westley loved hats. Hats that made bold statements. Hats that captured the imagination. She had them in a rainbow collection of colors, from the brightest to the subtlest hues, adorned with bows, feathers, buttons, flowers and festive pins. They lined the shelves in all her closets; 132 hats in all.
Her daughter Juanita once commented on her mother's passion for fashionable head coverings.
"It's not the hats you wear," Irene told her. "It's the roles you play every day."

'Vacation Chic' Headscarf

See article: "Catherine Zeta Jones' Retro Glam | Style Goes Strong"

Paragraph of note:

"A head scarf is so elegant and completely practical (protects your 'do, covers bad hair day) that it's surprising that more of us don't try it. And when worn with oversized shades and large hoop earrings it adds a huge dose of class to anything it's worn with."

And the model is Catherine Zeta Jones, so, you know, I'm just saying, it might be something to check out. :)

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