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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Hana Tajima Simpson: Young, Fashionable, Energetic, and now Muslims ...
Hana Tajima Simpson, British fashionista who does not? Long struggle with the world of fashion, he now pursue trendy Muslim clothing line but still syar'i, with Maysaa label.
Design dresses fashion magazines for reviews often country. Even Vogue magazine has ever displayed class creation.
Hana is a simple design features, follow the trend, and of course, remains syar'i. The design is far from the impression that Muslim women must be oversized clothes, color matching tacky and unkempt.
"Being a Muslim in the West can be a bit enakutkan. You know, fashion is also able to create something that will help Muslim women everywhere continue to be motivated to keep wearing the hijab but also "acceptable" because of their clothes, "he said.
Hana to learn from his experience. He converted to Islam five years ago. Since bersyahadat, he decided to dress Muslim. "All the clothes of the past, I bequeath to my sister," he said.
He memadupadan own appearance. Until finally he realized, had to do something to "prettify" Muslimah. So he pioneered fashion blog, before finally making a fashion magazine and its own product line, Maysaa.
Scrape past Hana, not as easy as finding an article about his work. He does not really like to spit his personal story. Hana just give a little glimpse: his father, Tajima, from Japan and her mother from England. They then settled in London.
He became a Muslim when stepping college. Hana said he was fed up with the life of young London who could not escape from the pub and promiscuity. He himself was deeply interested in philosophy.
At one point, he was confused with his life. Not the bandwagon of his friends ran to the pub, he chose to drown himself devouring books of philosophy. Also gender issues.
"The more I read, the more I find myself agree with the ideas of Islam," he said. But then he still did not want to be a Muslim. "To arrive at a point where I could not say no to me about the truth of religion, then I bersyahadat," he said.
Hana started wearing hijab at the same day he bersyahadat. "On a personal level, it is a good way to discern what has happened before in my life, with what will happen in front of me," he said.
He went bersyahadat in between her sister who works as a photographer. Along the way, he became the object of photography sister.
At the beginning of hijab, she felt "out of me." In fact, he has designed a fashion-clothing - Hana to design an early age - as comfortable as possible. "There are days when I get someone to give me a critical gaze, but I know why this is one of the risk constant affirmation of what I believed," he said.
Even in the closest friends, all a bit awkward after he turned into a veiled. "As I became more comfortable with it all, people are more relaxed. In general, it takes about 5 minutes for someone to stop thinking 'why he wore it on his head' and actually communicate with us fairly, "he said.
Together with that, he made StyleCovered blog, containing veiled guide. He took a different flow based on experience: simple casual clothes, almost like a "polite fashion" other woman worn everyday. In this fashion, others will not be "shocked" or awkward.
Not unexpectedly, blogs and so referral selling well not only Muslim women in the UK but also many countries. He also issued a draft mulau diligent self-design.
He claimed inspired many Muslim Indonesia in fashion design. "I get so much inspiration from Indonesian girls who wear the hijab. Their way of matching colors unlike anywhere else, and that's something I'm trying to put in my own style, "he said.
Now, he became an icon of the new generation of British youth. Young, energetic, fashionable, and ... Muslim.
source: kisahmuallaf
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