If they have the money, Muslim women can certainly buy some clothes from he top designers in the world.. I certainly like that blue caftan.
For Ramadan, Courting the Muslim Shopper
JUNE 24, 2015
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The “Ramadan Edit” from Net-a-Porter, which last month heralded Ramadan with a selection of garments and accessories.
By RUTH LA FERLA
On his Armani/Dolci website and in his sweets emporiums across the Middle East, Giorgio Armani is offering a box of chocolates, date-and-honey-filled pralines sans alcohol.
But his gracious gesture has nothing on that of Monique Lhuillier, who is selling a selection of caftans on the upscale Moda Operandi site, including a version in virginal white embroidered with cascades of field flowers.
Nor can it compete with Tommy Hilfiger, whose 11-piece capsule collection, available at Hilfiger stores in the Middle East, incorporates temptations like a cowl-neck black satin evening dress and a long-sleeve teal gown slit, a bit indecorously, from instep to knee.
Mr. Hilfiger is among the latest in a handful of designers and merchants seeking to capitalize on the advent of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic lunar calendar. (It ends this year on July 17.) A time of fasting and contemplation alternating in the evenings with festive gatherings of family and friends, it has emerged in recent years as a month of extravagant spending that is rivaled, some say, only by Christmas.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/fashion/for-ramadan-courting-the-muslim-shopper.html?
For Ramadan, Courting the Muslim Shopper
JUNE 24, 2015
Photo
The “Ramadan Edit” from Net-a-Porter, which last month heralded Ramadan with a selection of garments and accessories.
By RUTH LA FERLA
On his Armani/Dolci website and in his sweets emporiums across the Middle East, Giorgio Armani is offering a box of chocolates, date-and-honey-filled pralines sans alcohol.
But his gracious gesture has nothing on that of Monique Lhuillier, who is selling a selection of caftans on the upscale Moda Operandi site, including a version in virginal white embroidered with cascades of field flowers.
Nor can it compete with Tommy Hilfiger, whose 11-piece capsule collection, available at Hilfiger stores in the Middle East, incorporates temptations like a cowl-neck black satin evening dress and a long-sleeve teal gown slit, a bit indecorously, from instep to knee.
Mr. Hilfiger is among the latest in a handful of designers and merchants seeking to capitalize on the advent of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic lunar calendar. (It ends this year on July 17.) A time of fasting and contemplation alternating in the evenings with festive gatherings of family and friends, it has emerged in recent years as a month of extravagant spending that is rivaled, some say, only by Christmas.
Continue reading at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/fashion/for-ramadan-courting-the-muslim-shopper.html?
