Abayas: The Fight & Fusion between Fashion & Function

MADAME FIGARO ARABIA Marriam Mossalli

While the abaya has become synonymous with everyday life within the Middle East, it continues to be debated outside the region. In the West, the perception of it has continuously oscillated between rejection of the garment as a tool for the suppression of women, to uninhibited fascination of the traditional garb, seen to possess [...]