San Francisco extravaganza: “The Fashion of Islam”

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• Only insane Leftist Loons would do a fashion show "celebration" of the oppression of women by Muslim culture.

(Jihad Watch)  -  The glamorization of oppression. “There are probably people who don’t even think there is fashion in Islam. But if you look at Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Beirut, the fashion is really vibrant, and it can speak to larger political and social developments, cultural understanding and misunderstandings.”

I’ve seen Muslim women in niqabs buying expensive high fashion clothes in high-end shops on Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles. But they didn’t dare wear them out in public, even in Los Angeles. Will “The Fashion of Islam” discuss how “vibrant” the fashion world is in Saudi Arabia, where a woman was just arrested for venturing out without her head covered? Will “The Fashion of Islam” discuss the “vibrant” fashion of Aqsa Parvez, whose Muslim father choked her to death with her hijab after she refused to wear it? Or Aqsa and Amina Muse Ali, a Christian woman in Somalia whom Muslims murdered because she wasn’t wearing a hijab? Or the 40 women who were murdered in Iraq in 2007 for not wearing the hijab . . . .

Who is standing in solidarity with them and the many, many other Muslim women who have been brutalized, threatened, or even killed for not wearing the hijab or niqab? When is their fashion extravaganza?

“‘The Fashion of Islam’ to Arrive at de Young in 2018,” by Jori Finkel, New York Times, December 26, 2016:

SAN FRANCISCO — The de Young Museum here has drawn big crowds before with shows on Oscar de la Renta, Jean Paul Gaultier and Yves Saint Laurent. But for its next big fashion extravaganza, the museum is entering new territory — and moving from gowns to hijabs, the head scarves worn by many Muslim women. The museum’s new director, Max Hollein, has scheduled “The Fashion of Islam,” the first major show developed since his arrival, for the fall of 2018.

In Australia, the traveling show “Faith, Fashion, Fusion” recently explored the market for “modest fashion.” Otherwise, few museums have touched the topic.

“There are probably people who don’t even think there is fashion in Islam,” Mr. Hollein said. “But if you look at Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Beirut, the fashion is really vibrant, and it can speak to larger political and social developments, cultural understanding and misunderstandings.”

Mr. Hollein’s idea is to approach the subject from different perspectives, examining how Islamic styles are shaped by seemingly polar opposites: religious beliefs, which seek to avoid any appearance of extravagance and arrogance, or calling attention to oneself, and global fashion trends.

One part of the show will look at interpretations of hijabs by Islamic and European designers, from Iman Aldebe and Hussein Chalayan to Dolce & Gabbana. Another will display Islamic streetwear and sportswear, addressing the burkini ban controversies that have plagued the beaches of France. Another section is expected to be more historical and show examples of traditional Muslim dress….

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