After years of turning heads with her riotously colorful frocks in Malaysia, fashion designer Tom Abang Saufi can’t decide whether to shed a few shades on her batik dresses for the Middle East. “If you wear red and fuchsia in the desert, you’ll stick out like a sore thumb,” she says. “(But) it’s slowly getting to be accepted because the Saudi Arabians are well traveled people. They’re global, they wear Roberto Cavelli and they’re all very colorful.” For many, Islamic fashion might seem synonymous with strait-laced garments that leave everything to the imagination, but some Asian designers are trying to equip modern Muslim women with a wardrobe that obeys both sartorial trends and spiritual dictates. This fusion of creativity and conservatism is showcased in the Islamic Fashion Festival, which which has entered its sixth year and runs through Thursday in a Kuala Lumpur hotel. Malaysia, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates take turns hosting the event.The festival opened last week to a catwalk show audience of Malaysian royal princesses and corporate women who cheered an avant-garde celebration of chiffon and crystals that cast off black burqas, austere abayas and homely headscarves. Shows featured 1,000 outfits by top couturiers from Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Pakistan and the PhilippinesThursday, August 19, 2010
Islamic fashion
After years of turning heads with her riotously colorful frocks in Malaysia, fashion designer Tom Abang Saufi can’t decide whether to shed a few shades on her batik dresses for the Middle East. “If you wear red and fuchsia in the desert, you’ll stick out like a sore thumb,” she says. “(But) it’s slowly getting to be accepted because the Saudi Arabians are well traveled people. They’re global, they wear Roberto Cavelli and they’re all very colorful.” For many, Islamic fashion might seem synonymous with strait-laced garments that leave everything to the imagination, but some Asian designers are trying to equip modern Muslim women with a wardrobe that obeys both sartorial trends and spiritual dictates. This fusion of creativity and conservatism is showcased in the Islamic Fashion Festival, which which has entered its sixth year and runs through Thursday in a Kuala Lumpur hotel. Malaysia, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates take turns hosting the event.The festival opened last week to a catwalk show audience of Malaysian royal princesses and corporate women who cheered an avant-garde celebration of chiffon and crystals that cast off black burqas, austere abayas and homely headscarves. Shows featured 1,000 outfits by top couturiers from Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Pakistan and the Philippines
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