Fashion turns to Muslim girls

Paula Burns asks if the High Street is waking up to Muslim fashionistas or is it courting controversy
Fashion turns to Muslim girls
Muslim fashion blogger, Dina Torkia

The fashion industry is no stranger to bad press. There is constant criticism for its lack of inclusivity from ethnicity to gender to weight. Every so often there’s a break. Earlier this year Jourdan Dunn was the first black model to have a solo cover for British Vogue since 2002 and she was the first black model in over a decade to walk the runway for Prada.

This time round its H&M’s ‘Close the Loop’ campaign which features curvy model Tess Holliday, an amputee model, a transgender model, a group of Sikh men and a hijab wearing model. The message behind the campaign is that there is only one rule in fashion and that’s to express your personality.

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