There is a boom in young Muslim designers who are revolutionizing the fashion industry by creating stylish and modest Muslim fashion. It seems that there's been a need for this movement, and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum aims to cover this through their “Contemporary Muslim Fashions” exhibit.
“When we initiated the exhibition in 2016, we were coming right off the burkini ban,” explains Jill D’Alessandro, curator in charge of costume and textile arts at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, where a version of the exhibit first debuted. “There seemed to be a lot of misunderstanding or just lack of information about this fashion sector. And it’s a vital sector. It’s a growing sector.”
You may visit “Contemporary Muslim Fashions” until August 23 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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