Earlier this year, Anniesa Hasibuan made history during New York Fashion Week with a runway in which every model wore a silk hijab. Inspired by her hometown Jakarta, the Muslim fashion designer’s spring/summer 2017 collection D’Jakarta consisted of 48 different looks, of which 10 were evening gowns and 38 were ready-to-wear pieces.
A relative newcomer, the Indonesian designer has already been widely credited with bringing the hijab back into the mainstream.
Hasibuan had already graced runways at London and Paris, but the spring/summer 2017 collection marked her first American catwalk.
Every model wore silk hijabs in ivory, peach and grey silk with billowing trousers and skirts in delicate lace and chiffon. Soft-hued peaches-and-cream shades were disturbed with the occasional metallic gold.
Hasibuan’s latest collection conforms to what has been referred to as the ‘modesty movement’, when mainstream designers are experimenting with more covered-up clothing. MOJEH looks forward to Hasibuan’s future designs.
