Victoria's Got a Secret!

Can I tell you something? It's a secret. As much as it may surprise you, Victoria's secret makes hijabi clothing too.. you just have to use your imagination a bit..

Both the dresses above are from victoriassecret.com, why they're hijabi friendly? 'Cuz they're long. Wear a matching cardigan, or longsleeve top on top/under the dresses. A blazer would work as well.. the list could go on but you get it!

You don't have to splurge on footwear - we can all get cute flip flops for a few bucks! You don't even have to splurge on the dresses, all sitting around 60$ -some are more, some are less!

The perfect dresses to wear for that backyard party you were planning. Smoothie party? Just invite your friends, a few tables and bright colored table cloths.. let your imagination go wild, and you can spend more time planning the party now because you have your outfit covered!

Check out all the dresses at:
http://search.victoriassecret.com/exec/

This was one secret I couldn't keep to myself...

<3 HijabiFashoinista

Going out, but in a hurry!

Leaving the house in a hurry doesn't mean you have to look terrible! Throw on an easy outfit - this is definetly one!
Tunic! We all have tunics, or long tops.. or even mini dresses we use as tunics! Throw that on over a white pant, and your gladiator sandals. NOWNOW don't leave just yet! As much as that looks good, take those last seconds you have to tie on a thin belt which will spice the outfit up, and make you look like you spent a lot of time putting that together. Throw on a hijab the same color as the thin belt. A big bag that matches is great too - now you're saying, alright Asma, now you're just asking too much, that I have to transfer everything from one bag to another will take too much time!!
But want to know what i do? If I don't have time in the morning (although I usually do since I'm an early riser), I throw my bag with all my stuff in it into the bag that matches my outfit! YEP!! ALL OF IT!
One time a friend of mine said, "You have so many bags!"
I was like, "Yeah they're my favorite accessory"
"Yeah I don't have time to switch bags in the morning" she said.
"Oh! Neither do I!" I laughed and I opened up my bag and showed her the other inside. She burst out laughing.

It's a tip that saves you time, without jeapordizing your outift!!

Also, if you're worried about a thin belt, don't be - it's a thick belt around your waiste that you should be worried about. Thick belts attract a lot of attention, but thin belts just take your outfit up a notch on the fashionable ladder.
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Picture Perfect!

So I'm just continuing a post sect that I started waaay back when. I just post a picture or two that I love, and we take a few hijabifashionista tips from there! Here goes...

OK so how fashionable are these mannequins! We best say a masha allah! hehe.. (someone has to set me straight on this one.. if you read my posts right from the beginning you'd know what I'm reffering to haha)

Tunic over jeans? Check.

Floral tops? Check.

I LOVE THEM! We could almost think to ourselves "it's too bad we don't have those kinds of mannequins in our shopping malls.." But then we quickly say alhamdulilah because we don't need those mannequins everywhere for inspiration - for one thing, we can get some inspiration here, and for another, we can walk into our malls, look at the very un-modest mannequins and hijabi-fy their outfits! And voila! We are just too good for this, haha.

BUT! that doesn't mean we can't take a few pointers from these outfits. Look at the way their hijabs are all tied? All summery and perfect for a beach photo shoot with your friends! (hey, that'd be pretty fun, wouldn't it?).

For ways to tie your hijab, go to the "Check out these sites" portion of this blog and you'll find links to sites that have step by step ways to tie your hijab, like these;

2hijab.com

trendyhijab.com/howto

Artistic, Fantastic

Some posts back I posted an outfit I created where you wear all nuetrals and that add that POP of color in your outfit to spice it up!

How about a body of pop? This chic outfit can easily be imitated with a fun take on hijab - big sunglasses, cute colorful flats, a floral top, and color in your pants. They're wide leg, they're fun, they're fab-u-lous! Loove it!

I love to paint, to sculpt and draw - what can I say? I love the arts! So I wanted to express that in my fashion so I created an outfit like this- expression without being subtle about it!

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HijabiHelp!!

Salaaaam Sistas! haha

So I'm feeling really good now, because you wonderful ladies are commenting and I'm loving that you're all learning something from my oh so fashionable blog! There IS however another blog that will be very helpful - not exactly hijabifashion, but just islam in general. None of us are perfect muslims, and if we have those questions we need to ask, but don't feel comfortable asking the sheik at the mosque, or our friends or parents etc, then we can just go to

www.hijabihelp.blogspot.com

and ask questions to a knowledgeable muslimah who will do all the research necessary and answer our questions as best as possible (she said it herself! :o)
THE BEST PART?? You can comment annonymously with your question!

Ask away sisters,
We're all in this world together!

<3 HijabiFashionista

Safari Style: Hip Hip Hippo

I was looking over comments that I missed on older posts and one sister had asked me to make an outfit inspired by a hippo seeing as I had already done safari inspired outfits inspired by giraffes, and peacocks.. So here is the outfit inspired by a hippo!

After making this outfit, I realized that even after the hundred and sum outfits I've put together I hadn't used this color combo before - So now i'm all excited to present to you this gray and pink combo! I remember how much some of you sisters liked the purple and yellow and blue and orange combos I presented (just some colors I learned to use in art classes), and so I hope you like this pink and gray equally as much!

Because the 'hippo' was the inspiration for this outfit, and me not being a big fan of the hippo, I thought about what characteristics I could use... usually I go with how confident or fierce the animal is, but no. For the hippo - i went all physical!

Hippos are really.. well, big! So I decided that for the top, I would go with a bubble dress (one of my favorite kinds!) and because they are so round, I went with a round toed flat.

Bubble dress + wide leg jeans + round toed flats + gorgeous hijab = this gorgeous hippo inspired outfit!

Yay for safari inspired style (hothothot this season) and HIP HIP HOORAY FOR HIPPOS!

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For the sister with the short, Chocolate brown dress!

So just today I got a comment asking me how to wear a chocolate brown knee length dress, and I got so excited about this question that I had to answer back with a full post the same day!

Here are 3 ways to wear that dress:

1) This fresh new idea by ME, the hijabifashionista

I'm pretty proud of this idea and was waiting for just the right moment to unleash it to the world on this blog! Thanks sister for providing me with that moment:

So basically I took it that the problem with the dress is that it's too short and doesn't abide by the hijabi dress code -- the hijabifashionista dress code, makes it work for the hijabi dress code. What you do, is buy a skirt that matches the dress atleast somewhat, and wear it under the dress so it looks like a two tiered dress, and you look fabulous! Voila! It's like magic hehe.. but this is 100% halal.

After that, I just made it more hijabi friendly with a chic cardigan and coordinating hijab!

2) Dress it down, and wear it tunic style.

When I say tunic style, I mean with pants under. Regularly (as in non hijabi fashion), tunic style refers to it having leggings underneath it, but considering leggings alone are a no-no, we wear wide legs (which are much cooler, so 'dun worry bout it!' hehe). I saw the silver in the dress, pulled out the cutest silver cardigan i could find, and put them together.

Hijabifashionista tip: Just because the cardigan is short sleeved doesn't mean you can't wear it, you just wear a long sleeve top or sleeves underneath!

3) Accessorize that baby up!
Accessorizing is a lesson I think all hijabifashionistas should know. This means, necklaces, bangles, long sleeve tops, rings, heels, flats (footwear), and so on and so on. That's another lesson, for another time ;) (hey did anyone watch "max the cat" when they were younger? If you did, you'd get the joke haha, if you didn't .., just smile and nod hehe)

If you don't know what colors go with that chocolate brown, I created a diagram-ish thingy showing you which do. The colors are represented with the heels (forget the style of the heel in this diagram - Color was the focussss :D)

This whole post was for you, anon sister - I hope you read it haha :D

But I'm sure anyone who read this learned a thing or two, because this post isn't just for that chocolate brown dress, but it goes for any knee lengthed dress.

If you have ANY questions like this one (or any other for that matter) just post a comment and ask, I love hearing from you, and I love answering your questions!!

<3 Hijabi Fashionista