Model Halima Aden said that she would stop fashion shows because her work in fashion forced her to give up her religious beliefs, according to the British newspaper “The Guardian”.
Aden, hailed as a pioneer for being one of the first models to wear the hijab to showcase the outfits of major fashion brands such as Yeezy From Kanye West, A series of photos on social media showing the times when she lost contact with who she was from missing prayer times to covering her head with a pair of jeans.
“I can only blame myself for caring about the opportunity more than what was actually at stake,” she wrote on Instagram.
The model has participated in a post of her own in the campaign of her hostage “Fenty Beauty”, where she wrote: “(Rihanna) let me wear the veil that she brought. This is the girl I will return to, Halima the real.”
In another post, Aden spoke about the feeling that stems from being a “minority within a minority”, adding: “What I blame the industry for is the lack of Muslim women fashion designers.” She said this led to very little understanding of the hijab in the fashion industry.
Last year, she told The Observer that her hijab was non-negotiable in her contract with the fashion agency IMG. And in other social media posts, Aden wrote about feeling the weight of being the most modest model.
She said, “Muslim sisters used to send me direct messages and even announce to me at the beginning of my career and tell me,” Stop dressing like an old woman “… which made me feel like I was doing something wrong..I remember I wanted to be a” hot veiled “as if That did not just defeat the whole goal. “
Eden rose to fame in 2016 after her role in the Miss USA contest, when she caught the attention of fashion editor Karen Roitfield. Soon she signed a world fashion agency IMG She made her modeling debut at New York Fashion Week, where she modeled for Kanye West’s Yeezy And Maxmara.
Eighteen months ago, Halima began conversations about modesty and fashion with both critics and supporters when she became the first model to wear a hijab to grace a magazine cover. Sports Illustrated.
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