I have been researching Muslim women’s fashion since 2004. My comparative investigation has taken me to three locations: Tehran, Iran; Yogyakarta, Indonesia; and Istanbul, Turkey. While there have ...

A must-see show at the Cooper Hewitt celebrates these exquisite designs Wendy Moonan | Museums Correspondent Muslim fashion is big business. Statistics from a 2016-2017 report by Thomson Reuters and ...

San Francisco’s two major art museums are having a bit of a Muslim moment. At the Legion of Honor, there is an exhibition entitled Islam and the Classical Heritage, a display of 14th-to 19th-century ...

(RNS) — San Francisco's de Young Museum has produced the first major museum exhibition to focus on Islamic fashion worldwide. Meanwhile, Texas-based designer Subhi Taha is gearing up to launch the ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — Kadjahtou Balde has a hard time parting with some of the vintage gems that make it into her Harlem thrift shop — a silk skirt adorned with traditional Palestinian embroidery, a pink ...

“Contemporary Muslim Fashions”, opening at the de Young Museum in San Francisco this weekend, is a fitting companion to “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” currently on view at ...

The idea that what you choose to wear on the outside is intimately tied to what you believe on the inside is a big "no duh" for anyone who loves clothes. And when your identity is strongly connected ...

Major art museums have realized there is much to learn from clothing that is both religiously coded and fashion forward. In 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a fashion exhibition inspired by ...

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 ...

Macy’s has come under fire after announcing an upcoming fashion collection catered to Muslim shoppers, featuring hijabs and more modest clothing options. The nationwide retailer has partnered with ...