Ok, even if you are NOT into covering your hair, shawls are pretty. That's the main reason that I buy things from online Muslim retailers. That, and I don't like dressing like a tramp. I like long skirts and comfortable, modest shirts. That is what originally led me to find Al Muhajabat but the utterly gorgeous shawls and scarves kept me coming back.
Don't be scared by the word 'Hijab.' That's just silly. And frankly America could use a little more modesty in dress and a little less Britney-style dress and behavior. The word 'hijab' means 'cover, shelter, veil.' I like to think of it as shelter. I usually just wear my scarves as regular scarves, but late at night I sometimes pull them over my head and wrap 'properly.' You'd be amazed how much 'shelter' you can get by covering your head when walking home at night.
The clothes are very generic (I'm short, and full bodied, I've had to hack off at least two inches from every skirt I've ever gotten from them) and don't come in such a wide range of sizes as you would get from a "real" clothing site but on the other hand, they come down to my ankles (yay!) and they don't make me look like a frumpy ... um... frump? And even better, they don't make me look like a crack whore or a drunken starlet who got dressed from clothes left lying on the couch after a night of debauchery.
At any rate, if you have a blog of your own (not Facebook or Myspace, that's not a blog, that's an online kindergarten notebook) you can get a $25 gift certificate for any purchase from Al Muhajabat! All you have to do is put a badge or link to their site, and send an email to them and let them know. And now I'm going shopping!
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