A Vintage Eid

So you're feeling like going to the prayer covered, and fabulously vintage. yuuum I love just saying the word. "Vintage". It's so soothing, is it not?


I especially love the outfit on the right because I love the scarf. Stores are sporting this hood scarf now because "it's cold in the winter but I hate wearing hats", ALSO perfect for us hijabis. Wear an underscarf underneath it and casually put it on. With a dress in a tweedy knit, you'll look so winter fabulous!

Vintage Ideas:
- Long gloves
- vintage clutches and bags
- chunky bracelets
- tweed
- heels with fabric

The two ways I created the outfits to work with dresses:
Long sleeve shrugs
Long sleeve top underneath

For more Ideas, go through posts titles : 27 Dresses (there are NEARLY 27 of them! ahahaha). If you have an idea I haven't mentioned comment!! :DD

Eid On a Budget- The Three C's

So Eid comes up out of nowhere and starts demanding money for a new outfit.. LIKE HUH? For some reason, I always end up broke around eid time, or just enough money for an outfit and the guilt of not being able to shop for months after.

SO WHAT DO I SAY?

I say, use that bit of money to buy ONE ITEM! Take for example the outfit I made above. Everything in there are items you can find in your closet.. (If you're thinking UHHH NO! then keep reading, and I'll teach you a few tips on how to spice up a few pieces to make them eid-spectacular!!)

IF I didn't have 2 tests and a presentation on eid, and I actually got to celebrate it- thennnn I would spend that money on a coat. WHY? Because it's something I can debut at the eid prayer and in all the pictures and so on, but I get to use it for the rest of the season (BECAUSE God knows i need a new one!).

With a new coat:
- Take your best trousers or even formal jeans. I would go for a wide leg because they always look classic, clean, and chic. ahh The Three C's
- A simple pashmina should do the trick, but to spice it up, go for a brooch and place it stylishly on the scarf. Your mother's jewlery box? A thrift store?
- Your favorite heels! Wearing something YOU love, makes it feel that much better!
- NoOOOOW everyone wants a new bag for every occasion, but if you don't have the money for it, or even the time to pick one up, take that silk scarf you paid so much for only to find out that it was too slippery and annoying to wear and TIE it onto one of the arms of your bag. Chic in one simple step!


This outfit reminds me of my outfit last Eid. I wore my favorite heels (a biege crocodile stamped leather), with a simple black skirt I wore a hundred times before (but I mean, it's so simple no one could tell or care), a black trench, my favorite clutch, and a new GREEN pashmina with a print. Sooo, I hadn't bought anything new except for the scarf - and I loved it! classic, clean, chic, and more importantly- CHEAP!

Just a toe, testin' the waters.. OH SHOOT we're covered in snow.

Aren't you jealose? Like for real, I'm loving the knit hats everyone's wearing this season. I was sitting in the library with two friends and I pointed out maybe 3 girls wearing one in like 3 seconds! I was like, look they're covering their hair! It's like a hijab - besides the bare neck, leggings as pants, and the whole non hijabi :( ordeal. So anyway, I decided I would go home and try to wear one of my knit hats that I bougt and hijabify it.

So I did, AND I DID! IT WORKED! You know those underscarves? Like the short tube looking thing you wear under your hijab sometime.. anyway, it's like a headband. I wore that under the knit hat because the girls that wear the knit hats always show a bit of hair if not most of it.

Now that I had the black headband on, I could wear the hat as far back as I pleased. For the neck dillemma, I wrapped one of my pashminas around my neck like a scarf. I looked all layered and cozy. Love it.

MORE TIPS:
LAYER over your ankle boots with legwarmers.
WEAR your cute coat. (gosh I need a new one.. a few more weeks at work insha allah)


WHERE TO SHOP:
Boots- topshop.com (gosh I would go to london JUST for topshop)
Jeans- aeropostale.com
Knit Hat- coach.com (maybe someday... ... ... but for now, I'll stick with my cheap knit hats from random stores) hahaha

Eid Mubarak!

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Black Tulip Nedine Al Amira Hijab

Trendy Nedine style cotton two piece al amira hijab. Underscarf has small shimmery studs and/ or shimmery glitter on top. Very comfortable for both summer and winter. Most popular with teenage and college age muslimahs. Makes a great gift. Made in Lebanon.

buy this style at: http://www.almuhajabaelaniqa.com/black-tulip-nedine-al-amira-hijab.html

Cranberry Melissa Hijabicap

Beautiful Melissa style hijabicap. This is a spin on the floral sprig style, where the floral "sprigs" are only found on one side of the cap. made of chiffon. Very chic. An East Asian spin on Egyptian hijab fashion styles.

buy this style at: http://www.almuhajabaelaniqa.com/cranberry-melissa-hijabicap.html

Ayat Hijabicap

Absolutely chic Ayat Hijabicap. This Hijabicap style is made of an undercap (similar to our "Rose" Hijaicap)and a gorgeous attatched chiffon scarf. Topscarf has beautiful beading and sequin design. Also has attatched neck covers. There are several ways to style this hijabicap: tuck in the tail and tie the neckpieces beneath your bun, tuck in the tail and wrap the neck pieces around you neck and secure with a pin, or wear the tail piece out and wrap the neckscarves. A fast and easy style for parties, weddings and Eids. Makes a great gift. Show off your fashion sence!

Buy this style at: http://www.almuhajabaelaniqa.com/black-ayat-hijabicap.html