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You can post up your own ideas, personal style or anything that inspires you. It’s also a great place to meet sisters around the world and share fashion tips, the best places to shop for things like long dresses or a jilbab, and style secrets!

(images: via the StyleCovered forum)

Muslim Fashion Knitwear

Hijab and knitwear go beautifully together. Whether it’s a chunky jumper, a long cardigan, or a lightweight batwing knit they are one of my favourite ways to add texture to an outfit. I found some lovely examples in this Japanese fashion magazine. I love that dark blue sweater, I would just add a white long sleeved top underneath… yummy!

Good Little Actions

Before you sleep make a few recitations of Surahs or other sayings, then drift off in to a beautifully peaceful sleep (I think it’s bedtime!)

Hadith of the Day

“If your good deeds delight you and your foul deeds distress you, you are a believer.” Ad-Diyya

The Content of Character, Collected by Shaykh Al-Amin Ali Mazuri

• Don’t Forget to vote for your look of the week (it’s all about jackets this week)

Islamic Fashion Inspiration: loose layers and quirky details are fun and easy to wear

Japanese Street Style

Taken from Rei’s amazing blog STYLEfromTOKYO this fantastically fantastical duo have outfits that are almost doll like. The girl on the left has that beautiful layering thing going on, and even if you aren’t brave enough (and I’m not) to copy this style bunny for bunny there are still definitely sparks of inspiration there. You can see the whole post here.

Resort wear Japanese style, they do it so well!

Fashion Japan Style

I love looking through Japanese Fashion Magazines, for a Muslimah there are a lot of ideas that can translate well. No surprise then that I’m excited to share with you what I found. This Japanese Magazine was brought back by my Dad and step Mum from their recent trip, well chosen by my ‘Japan fashion correspondent’ Miya (my lovely sister). I was going to wait till I uploaded them all to post them up, but I couldn’t wait to show you!

I love the contrast of the boxy grey blazer and the frilly loose floral tunic, and that long skirt is stunning! I want it!

Magazines- East vs. West

I think there were even more inspirational images in this magazine than there were in the last one I featured, I love how fashion magazines in Japan feature so many outfits. Every page is filled with different combinations, a contrast in style to the Western mags who tend to feature just one, or a few key pieces.

With all these outfits you only need a few tweaks to get them right for a hijabi. A jacket or cardigan over the maxi dress, some wide leg jeans under the floral tunic (with the jacket sleeves rolled down) and some long sleeves with the skirt. Not forgetting the headscarf of course!

I’ll be posting some more Japanese style features soon enough which is good news if like me you love the fresh but quirky style of the Japanese girls! I think when it comes to non Muslim countries no-one else pulls off modest fashion in such an interesting way. But then again I’m probably biased ! I’d love to see the modest style of other countries though, if you have any photos send them in and I’ll do a post about modesty across the globe!