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We are excited to announce the first virtual talk for our Wearers Academy series, a place where academic and independent researchers have the opportunity to share their passions so that all wearers can enjoy it!
How do you define what you wear, is it fashion or anti-fashion? We will discuss how Muslim women get dressed as a form of expression within their identity and faith. Veiling in Fashion: Dress and Modesty will dig into the hijab’s relationship to individuals’ cultural and social positions as well as their rights to dress according to their religious belief.
Our guest speaker, Anna-Mari Almila is a fashion researcher in sociology at London College of Fashion. She has spent the last eleven years researching Muslim’s women clothing strategies and has published two books on the topic. She will be joined by Zinah Nur Sharif, a pro on the topic of modest fashion, who has been writing about since 2010 whilst doing it in style! During this conversation, Anna-Mari and Zinah will be sharing their thoughts and knowledge on veiling in fashion and the intersection between being fashionable and faithful.
So why should we care about the topic of Veiling in Fashion: Dress and Modesty? The emergence of an “Islamic fashion system” in a western context where Muslim women are challenged and criticised for their stylistic choices interferes with their self-expression, making it a topic we are all too familiar with when discussing the notion of modesty and femininity. These topics all deal with notions of global feminism, colonialism, cultural imperialism and the history of Islam and the Middle East.
To join this incredibly pertinent conversation, grab your tickets now because spaces are limited!
If you use clothes as a form of self-expression, don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn more about or better yet, grab the bloody mic and share your experiences too. This is your official invite because after all, we are all wearers.
Access Features
This event is designed in a webinar format, meaning all event attendees will be off-camera and allow for the event to be recorded. The conversation will take place over an hour, with a maximum of 30 minutes of questions and comments from the public.
About our guest speakers
Anna Mari-Almila is a Research Fellow in Sociology of Fashion at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. She writes about the materiality of dressed bodies and their environments, fashion globalisation. She is the author of Veiling in Fashion: Space and the Hijab in Minority Communities (2018) and the Routledge International Handbook to Veils and Veiling Practices (2017). She has been researching veiling in fashion for the last 11 years. Her next book will be Fashion's Transnational Inequalities, and she has also written The Globalization of Wine (2019), and The Sage Handbook of Cultural Sociology (2016).
Zinah Nur Sharif is a modest fashion veteran, who has worked in the fashion industry for the last 10 years (and counting!). She has an appetite for customs, arts and branding within fashion. As a citizen of the world, Zinah has lived in four different cities, across three different territories. This has allowed her to develop adaptive proficiency, acknowledge changes and differences and develop exceptional new perspectives that she will bring to our conversation. She has a BA in Graphic Design and a MA in Strategic Fashion Marketing.
Date: Wednesday, June 30th 2021.
Time: 6:00-7:30pm BST
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*The Zoom link will be sent out to attendees the morning of the event day.
About Wearers Festival
Wearers Festival is a permanent multidisciplinary festival that explores and celebrates the intersections of dress, culture and identity among the diverse communities of London, the UK and the world.
About the Wearers Academy series
This event is the first one of our Wearers Academy virtual series, a sequence of conversations with independent and academic research on dress-related topics with accessible language to everyone.
- fashion
- modestfashion
- humanrights
- dress
- muslimwomen
- women
- womenswear
- womensrights