Hijab Fashion: Copycat Style

I love the model's style in this photo, it's so chic and polished but, no doubt, comes with a heavy price tag. Here are some items inspired by the look that wouldn't break the bank..

THE SCARF

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1. Large print floral - ASOS.com

2. Black and orange floral - missselfridge.com

3. Black and pink floral - charlotterusse.com

THE COAT

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1. Black mac - debenhams.com

2. White blazer - forever21.com

3. Red jacket - debenhams.com

THE BAG ^-^

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Okay, they are my greatest weakness so I got slightly ahead of myself when looking for the bags and the price limit slipped my mind a little on some of them. But I have said before and will continue saying, if there is one part of your outfit you shouldn't be stingy with it's definitely the bag. You could be dressed head to foot in Prada but if you ent got the right bag you might as well have bought your gear from Peacocks..

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1. Accessorize - £32

2. Yesstyle - Not available but I'm in love with it so had to be in there, soz.

3. Zappos - $269 (Gustto)

4. Katespade.com - see No.2 comment :S

5. Zappos - $188 (Marc by Marc Jacobs)

(Yehh, I know the bags show no resemblance to the one in the pic, sorry..!)

Smart, Formal Or Casual?

As I have so much time on my hands this week, I have just spent the best part of the morning messing around on Looklet.. Here's smart, formal and casual looks I put together. Just add a scarf :D

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Formal:

Casual:

And my personal favorite, smart:

Feeling Blue?

Ever feel a bit hard done by that you don't quite look like they do in Vouge? Well fret no longer because neither do the models..

Before and after airbrushing (i.e. tweaking them on the computer):

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Still don't feel better? OK, hmm.. Soz, got nothin'

The Hijab Magazine: A Fashion Review

A while back I was complaining that I had spent a ridiculous amount of money on the November 2009 Hijab magazine (pictured). Now that I have received and 'read' it (by which I mean look at the pictures, as they have a single mediocre columnist who writes one page in the whole "magazine"..) I decided I'll review it as I now have a week off uni during which I am at my leisure to embark on any pointless thing I desire, yayy :D Although this should stop you wasting your hard earned cash, so I guess it's not completely without purpose..

I scanned some of the particularly offensive 'looks' in:

Who thought that harem trousers tucked into shiny black, pointy heeled boots, coupled with some sort of hideous crop top from the 90's worn over a red polo neck would look even remotely worthy of space in a fashion magazine??!! And who agreed with them?

The extensive abaya collection, does not fair any better. I give you the towel abaya.. or is it a suit? Whatever it is, clearly it was the same fashion genius responsible for the harem look above that thought sticking bits of old bath towel onto clothes was ground breaking stuff:

I know a lot of you are probably going to think the next look is 'alright actually..' but would you pay for it? Would you even pay for a magazine that featured it? Most people would be able to put a better outfit together at home. This is not fashion, it's non-fashion. And speaking of money, they do not even publish the prices of their featured clothes.. very useful.

This next one is a shocker. I'm speechless. (But vividly reminded of star trek/wars):

Just what every girl wants to be wearing on her wedding day, a dress with bubbles on the skirt and an over sized collar.. A bubble-bearing collared wedding dress. That must be the bright spark that thunked up the harem look again..

Speaking of which... They threw a poncho and yet another collar into the mix and voila - an outfit that would get you sectioned.

To be fair, it's not all bad, in fact I would happily wear either of the next two dresses but the vast majority of the outfits featured in this magazine are disasters. I don't see why you should have to pay about £15 to get it shipped here and then have to riffle through 15 disgusting looks to find one nice one that you could have put together anyway.

Guess I'll be sticking to my weekly Look magazine then..

A Thousand Words

Taken in Iraq.

The Ribbon Hijab Look: Love it or Shove?

I'm feeling rather put out today as I have messed up my chemistry exam biiiiggg time this morning :( Anyway, thought I'd post as have decided I couldn't really care less about doing Pharmacy anyway, if I fail I can study English which is what I wanted to do in the first place, but that's another story.. What I like to call the ribbon hijab look:

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I'm curious to know what you think of this look. My mum thinks I'm weird but I am loving it for no reason at all, a bit of tweaking to the odd scarf look and I think it would work. So what dya reckon, love it or shove ittt? (..and yes, SM is the home of the original love it or shove it posts, I do wish other blogs would think of their own ideas. Just thought I'd clarify that because I'm in a bad mood lol).

Lastest (and last) Buy(s)

Okayyy, after these I'm officially not buying anything related to bags, clothes, accessories and shoes.. ever. So I bought this dress from ASOS they day before yesterday, I wanted it before it went on sale so it wasn't really an impulse buy. It was £35 from £48, which I'm down with:

And I just had to buy these boots from New Look yesterday, they are soo cute and they're all furry inside, yayyy lol :D (they were £16 with my student discount):

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But that's it, from now on, I'm just going to comfort eat. Anywayy, I was bored of revising bloody metabolism so thought I'd share my latest finds ^-^ better get back to it..

Examinations

Even the word itself is distasteful. Well that's the reason for the lack of posts anyway.. They don't finish until beginning of Feb and I'll probably need several days to recover in a darkened, sterile room before I'm back to normal. So just to tell you that posts will be thin on the ground over the next couple of weeks. But don't worry I'll probably fail everything and get chucked out of uni and then I'll have all the time in the world to post, not once, not twice but three times a day. Who needs a career? Not me.. nope..

Arm Candy

Check out my latest beloved bag, I didn't even complain that much that my journey to uni took 3 hours today and I missed an exam because of the bloody snow and it was aaall because I had my trusty arm candy by my side. It was £70 but so worth it:

You can get it from the Fiorelli site here, but it's out of stoke atm :S shame.

The Best And Worst Hijab Looks Of 2009

I had quite a few more photos but they got lost when my previous laptop died :( Anyway here are the ones I managed to save. There are considerably more 'best' outfits, this is not because I couldn't find any horrible hijab outfits (all you have to do is google 'Egyptian hijab style' after all..) but because I don't want to post too many eyesores at once :S

Starting off with my favorite hijabi celebrity from the 'Celebrity Style Steal' posts, Muna Abu Sulayman! Her style is wonderful and was definitely my favorite person to post about. Check out the post here.

Next, the two best hijab wedding dresses I came across in 2009. I love the white one!!! For the full post and for the link to the shop you can buy them, click here.

Perfect for the modest non-hijabi as well :D

Favorite runway looks. For me, the Iranian runway is one of the best, I loooove the last dress and simple hijab style on the first pic although I would pair with straight leg jeans instead..

One of my favorite Rabia Z looks showcased on the runway :D (Although some others could have easily made it on the 'worst' list too :S) My very first post of all time, ever, was on Rabia Z. Check it out here:

This has to be my fave catwalk photo:

The one that actually pulled off the hijab and hat look...

And the one that didn't..

For more hijab and hat looks check out the related 'love it or shove it post' here.

My favorite smart looks from '09:

Smart/Formal:

Smart/Causal:

And my worst ever supposedly smart looks, sometimes I wonder who on God's earth actually sat down and designed such monstrosities?

I may well have seen this woman in a nightmare..

OK, this one makes me laugh, I can't actually take the outfit seriously because I'm reminded so strongly of a butterfly that someone has swatted.

Other faves: The perfect abaya..

For more on accessorizing your hijab, check out this post.

And finally, the worst hijab style? The old bandage look of course.

Hope you liked :D

Looklet - The New Polyvore

Forget polyvore, looklet.com is the new and funner way to create outfits. I heard about it from Ange at Hegab Rehab and I am slightly addicted! Check it out if your bored, or like me, have revision you need to avoid.. Anywayy, here's a look I made earlier, just add a headscarf :D

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Enjoy!

I'm Back :D

My shiny new pink laptop arrived today yayy, (go you guys for delivering in this snow!) so I should start posting as usual just as soon as the novelty wears off lol. I do have exams coming up in a couple of weeks though so won't be posting as often. Hope you're all good ^-^

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P.S. Yehh I know, the pic has no relevance.. but you gotta love it :D