• Like in Hasibuan’s New York show last fall — which cemented her status as a rising star — all of the models who showcased Hasibuan’s autumn/winter 2017 collection sported lustrous grey hijabs that sculpted the facial features while carefully covering the hair. AFP
    Like in Hasibuan’s New York show last fall — which cemented her status as a rising star — all of the models who showcased Hasibuan’s autumn/winter 2017 collection sported lustrous grey hijabs that sculpted the facial features while carefully covering the hair. AFP
  • “There is beauty in diversity and differences — something we should not be afraid of,” Hasibuan says, speaking through an interpreter. “I believe being a fashion designer can bring a lot of changes, and beautiful changes, of course.” AFP
    “There is beauty in diversity and differences — something we should not be afraid of,” Hasibuan says, speaking through an interpreter. “I believe being a fashion designer can bring a lot of changes, and beautiful changes, of course.” AFP
  • Hasibuan won worldwide praise for her fall collection in New York last September, the first to feature a hijab in every look. AFP
    Hasibuan won worldwide praise for her fall collection in New York last September, the first to feature a hijab in every look. AFP
  • Since then she has opened new shops in her home country Indonesia as well as in Malaysia, Turkey and Abu Dhabi — proffering modern Islamic clothing dripping in glamour. AFP
    Since then she has opened new shops in her home country Indonesia as well as in Malaysia, Turkey and Abu Dhabi — proffering modern Islamic clothing dripping in glamour. AFP
  • Since then she has opened new shops in her home country Indonesia as well as in Malaysia, Turkey and Abu Dhabi — proffering modern Islamic clothing dripping in glamour. AFP
    Since then she has opened new shops in her home country Indonesia as well as in Malaysia, Turkey and Abu Dhabi — proffering modern Islamic clothing dripping in glamour. AFP

Anniesa Hasibuan’s New York Fashion Week hijab hits - in pictures

Felicity Campbell

February 15, 2017

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Indonesian Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan, who has an outlet in Abu Dhabi, dazzled New York Fashion Week’s catwalk by styling it with flowing, iridescent gowns fit for a princess. Here we look at a selection of designs she sent down the catwalk.

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