Continuing the Countdown
4. Wide leg trousers
Finding trousers that are loose enough to cover the hips can be tricky, but once you’ve found a style that suits they can be very useful for making tops, tunics and even mini dresses hijab friendly. Go for wide leg pleat front trousers or the harem style (word of warning: ones with a really low crotch are almost impossible to pull off so go for ones based on the style). There are quite a few around on the runway, but may be slightly harder to find on the high-street for my full guide click here.
5. Wrap Dress
Another item of clothing I wear over and over again! Because the are wrap around you can make them as loose as you like and become very versatile. Wear them fully tied, tied on one side, fully open, over trousers, skirts even abayas, as a jacket… you get the point 
there are lots of ways to work it out! These are easily found on the high-street and a lot of people will already own one.
6. Tunic
Tunics seem to be made for hijabis! They are modest in their shape but still very feminine and elegant. A main-stay in resort wear collections grab them in summer while you can. The only winter alternative is a long sleeved shift dress, but summer is the best time to get the prettiest prints and detailing. Because they tend to be very light-weight you can get away with wearing long sleeves underneath, but actually a lot have full length sleeves to begin with- yay! Don’t you just love love love the Matthew Williamson tunics, if anyone bought from his H&M collection send in your pics!
7. Knee length jacket
A muslimah spends a lot of time trying to cover up tops that show too much shape, of trousers that cling to the hips. For those days when you’re just popping out for groceries a long jacket hides a multitude of hijab ‘hot-spots’. Whether it’s a warm winter coat or a paper thin mac they are readily available and can come extremely well designed. And would it be so wrong for us to throw on a trench over our pajamas to throw out the rubbish?
After our top 3 countdown I’ll be throwing together some looks with the headscarf using our big top ten- if you have any ideas of your own send them in to hana@stylecovered.com
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Comments ( 6 )
Your blog is wonderful! I love this post, like a hijab fashion magazine. Thanks so very much.
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Jun 12 09 at
10:17 am
yadira added these pithy words on MashaAllah, your website is amazing! I have never seen anything like it before (and trust me, I’ve looked!). It’s so refreshing to see a Muslim, Japanese, and Western woman who has such an exquisite fashion/design sense. I could go on and on. Thank you and best of luck with the line!
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Jun 13 09 at
4:10 am
nollie added these pithy words on Thank you so much! It’s the best thing to get comments like yours, jazzakAllah. I hope MAYSAA lives up to your expectations inshAllah, and thank you so much for the comment. X
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Jun 23 09 at
12:05 pm
I seriously cannot tell you how inspirational this post is! I own some of these items but would like to know more on how to use the wrap-dress in lots of ways. Please post pics and show us, especially of wrap dress over abayas. Jazakalllah
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Jul 01 10 at
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