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| Winterizing your hijab |
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| Mona |
| 11/12/01 at 09:25:36 |
| assalamu alaikum, After reading the threads about hijabizing (sp?) wedding outfits, my mind switched into thinking about how I should try to 'winterize' my hijab, for the soon approaching (or already here- depending on your point of reference!) sub-arctic Canuck winter. So far, I've been wearing a regular hijab during the winter. But the cold weather makes your ears feel like they are going to fall off. I have been thinking about donning a winter-hat and wrapping my neck with a wool-scarf when I am outside during my commute to the university, but then I was confused what would I do indoors ??? Take a hijab with me and change there? I thought about wearing a hat on top of the hijab, but I think I would look silly. Actually I know I'd look silly. Ear muffs would be even sillier. As for other clothings, I usually wear long skirts, then the long coat on top. During snowy/slushy days I seem to mop the ground with my skirt hem. But it's okay, I am used to it now. I tried pants, few times, but I felt sooo exposed and couldn't continue. I've been seriously thinking about designing something akin to the pakistani 'sharwaal-kameez', with a longer kameez using suit material, to make it suitable for the winters and also more professional. This way, The dress part is not too long, and only the lower parts of the legs can be seen wearing the pants. What do you all think? wassalam Mona |
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| kiwi25 |
| 11/12/01 at 10:08:31 |
| salam, sounds good to me mona, but i wear a earmuffs during the winter and hat during the winter and summer with my hijab but i dont think i look silly. my freinds tell me its cute and kewl (only female freinds by the way ;) ) you gotta try new things...... wasalam, nouha:) |
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| abc |
| 11/12/01 at 10:14:52 |
| Assalamalaikum wa rahmatullah Good to see you posting sis :) I've never experienced a snowy winter, so don't know how cold it can get, but maybe you can wrap a muffler or narrow shawl over your normal hijab? That way when you come indoors you can just remove the muffler and hang it like is normally done with the coat. Or maybe wear one of those heavy duty jackets with hoods on them over the hijab? For quite some time now there has been this fashion of a "shalwar kameez" type dress among the students at the uni here. The "kameez" is at least knee length, often mid-calf length or sometimes even ankle lenght with huge slits on the side. The collar is like one you may find on a double breasted coat or a business suit with buttons in front. Beneath that are loose, straight cut pants. I think it looks real cool. Of course the material used here is mostly fine cotton/linen but I've seen some in denim and other thick fabrics. I think they'd look good in woolen material as well. If you have relatives here, maybe you can "persuade" them to send you a few dresses as an early eid gift ;-D ;) Wassalam |
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| MuslimaKanadiyya |
| 11/12/01 at 14:52:17 |
| assalamu alaikum, Hmm, I guess I should be thinking about the same thing.... What about getting a wool shawl -- preferably one that is not too heavy, so that you can wrap it over your normal hijab and just take it off when you get inside. (I have a friend who has a beautiful one from Kashmir and it is sooo warm, very lightweight too) This way you won't have to give up that beautiful winter coat, which, I have to admit, I admired all last year. ;-D A friend gave me a heavier one last year as an eid gift: maybe I'll bring it one day before it gets too cold so that you can try it out. A new coat with a hood would also work. The problem with hooded coats is that most of them aren't all that long. As for the shalwar kameez --- if you make anything, or have anything made, don't use really heavy fabric. You'll look like a tent and you'll die of the heat when you're inside. (Trust me, I've tried this.) Just make sure that the fabric drapes well. As for adding warmth, layers always work -- a pair of leggings under the pants can be taken off in the bathroom if you get too hot. I have a friend who makes sharwal-kameez from ordinary dress patterns -- she just makes matching pants to go under the dress and a dupatta from a coordinating fabric. So, really, any calf length dress will work -- it won't be traditional, but does that matter? Hers always look very nice. Oh, and keep in mind that even wearing pants won't always save you from the (up to) 6 inches of icy water that accumulate in the streets in Toronto every winter. :) wassalam, Leslie |
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| Barr |
| 11/13/01 at 00:28:54 |
| Assalamu'alaikum :-) I've never experienced cold Canuck Winters... just mild English ones :) But yeah.. I think the shawl idea is good. I think there's this shawl called Pashminar shawl(is that how you pronouced it?) those Kashmiri kinds... real elegant, mashaAllah. Otherwise, the inner hijab cap that I usually use helps, especially the knitted ones. It's not as thick as winter caps, but its thin and light enough not to make your head look big and wobbly. As for that snowy slushy days.. good high winter boots under the jilbab! OK.. gotta go... I'm stealing time from my Project Management Course... so before by Trainer finds out... Chiao! wassalam :-) |
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| Merimda |
| 11/13/01 at 00:45:10 |
| salam, perhaps you can wear one of those head bands (the one tennis players wear) underneath your hijab to cover your ears.. or one of those really annoying and itchy knit caps they have for hijabi's to wear beneath the scarf (do not recommend) or just wrap your scarf in a certain way...You know the wrap around style that seems to be so popular among university srs.. so you can protect your ears outdoors..then when your indoors you can unwrap it.. or wear a really thick hijab.. the type that are cold and sound proof..^_^ |
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| Anonymous |
| 11/13/01 at 10:46:51 |
| In terms of the head, why not get a huge shawl or scarf in a wintery fabric (wool or fleece, for example) and add it on top of the regular, thinner scarf? If you wanted to modify it for a more fitted look, there are patterns for hooded scarves that might do the trick. Thus you'd be wearing basically a warm, wooly thing on your head, but you could easily slip it off when you go inside. http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.6408 is an example of a thin 'fancy' one, not an outdoor one but it shows sort of what I'm describing also http://www.simplicity.com/ pattern 7005 and http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/aa020900a.htm (sizes given more for kids) If you knit or crochet, here are some resources: http://www.woolworks.org/cold.html You could go the low-tech route and buy a jacket with a hood, too. There are also snoods (I think they're called) which are basically wooly tube-shaped things that you put over your head. I am not sure if you could fit a scarf on underneath, but maybe if you had a tight scarf it would work. I am a fan of the long wool skirt in basic colors. You can wear it a hundred times and it just doesn't look repetitive. You can put lots of clothes underneath it for extra warmth - like thick stockings and or leggings. |
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| meraj |
| 11/13/01 at 18:32:31 |
| slm, how about wearing a 'took' under it? ;-D |
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| MuslimaKanadiyya |
| 11/15/01 at 01:12:26 |
| slm Wow Meraj, a toque would be bulky. and under the hijab! :D [img]http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~lwilliam/toque.gif[/img] + [img]http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~lwilliam/hijab.gif[/img] = [img]http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~lwilliam/disgusted.gif[/img] + [img]http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~lwilliam/hilarious.gif[/img] but I will wear one over the hijab if it gets really cold. After all, it's better to look ridiculous than to get frostbite. :) wlm |
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| explorer |
| 11/14/01 at 16:18:11 |
| :o That second one looks like a Nun. I think you may need to 'hijabize' it a little. :) |
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| Barr |
| 11/15/01 at 08:07:25 |
| Assalamu'alaikum :) OK, how about this, guys.... 1. Get an old (or new) thermal vest that you don't want. 2. Unpick the seams. 3. Cut it to a triangle shape or let it remain, as long as its big enough to cover da crowning glory and those frosty ears nice and toasty. 4. Then wear dah hijab. I've never tried this one yet.. but.. if it works... well.. alhamdulillah... Eureka! :-) All da best! :) wassalam |
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| Anonymous |
| 11/15/01 at 13:05:01 |
| Salam if you live in britain, NEXT to do a really nice long coat with a hood. or alternatively you could go with a duffel coat with hood, they are usually knee length. How bout just getting thicker material for hijab? or wearing two hijabs (one on top of the other?) i know someone who does this, she wraps one tightly round her head and ties it into sort of a bun at the back, then puts another one on dupatta style on top of that, looks soooo smart! wasalam |
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| se7en |
| 11/20/01 at 22:21:32 |
| as salaamu alaykum, [quote]What about getting a wool shawl -- preferably one that is not too heavy, so that you can wrap it over your normal hijab and just take it off when you get inside. (I have a friend who has a beautiful one from Kashmir and it is sooo warm, very lightweight too) [/quote] They're called pashminas (you were close barr :)) and they are awesome. They've been a trend in the city for the past year or so (that's why they're pretty expensive) but you can probably find a nice one for like 20-50 bucks. Here's a picture of one if you don't know what I'm talking about: [img]http://www.ooaah.com/acatalog/GREY.jpg[/img] Or.. you can just wear a Palestinian kifaya :) I love wearing mine to school.. it keeps me warm and I love the reactions I get from the RZA/Tagar members :P [quote]I usually wear long skirts, then the long coat on top. During snowy/slushy days I seem to mop the ground with my skirt hem. [/quote] Me too. But whatever you drag in, it's tahir :) [quote]I tried pants, few times, but I felt sooo exposed and couldn't continue. [/quote] I hear ya. But you gotta wear pants underneath your skirt, otherwise you're going to freeze to death. What's cool is that the trend now is dusters.. looong sweaters, jackets, shirts (like [url=http://image.delias.com/delias/current/prodimg/05394b.jpg]this[/url] or [url=http://image.delias.com/delias/current/prodimg/05329b.jpg]this[/url] or [url=http://image.delias.com/delias/current/prodimg/05358l.jpg]this[/url].) You can match these up with [url=http://image.delias.com/delias/current/prodimg/03544b.jpg]wide leg pants[/url].. and you're stylin, halal, and have ease of movement. This concludes "fashion by se7en".. take care :) wasalaamu alaykum, sister "I act like I know what 'fashion' means" se7en * note: I am not advocating shopping at any of these places :) I just thought a visual might help :) |
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| Ruqayyah |
| 11/22/01 at 00:16:22 |
| [slm] I'm in love w/ sweater dusters :) and i remember seeing them for the first time at the ICNA convention in July, and the sisters looked sooo beautiful and islamically covered and everything!! Mashallah it was really cool to see the sisters stylin it up ;) And from then on, i was on a hunt to get one, so I tell my sister that i totally called it about the sweater dusters hitting it big! and it's also nice to see a fashion trend that actually covers MORE of you rather than LESS of you :) [wlm] Ruqayyah |
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| AyeshaZ |
| 11/27/01 at 18:31:10 |
Asalamu Alaikum [quote] i was on a hunt to get one, so I tell my sister that i totally called it about the sweater dusters hitting it big! Ruqayyah[/quote] he he I know what you mean... I love dusters they are like stylin jilbabs.. the really long ones... Wasalamz |
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| Nazia |
| 11/27/01 at 21:50:22 |
| slm, Dude..I got one of those long sweater things last winter and it was soo unique back then! Then I go to ISNA and SHAZAM...75% of the girls are sporting them atleast one day! :) It's all good. I ain't hatin. They're nice and halal. I encourage all of you to get one :) About all this thick hijab stuff...what about your hearing?! I always have issues!! One time, I was wearing this silk shalwar kameez and its matching scarf. The scarf was some thicker polyester/silk blend or something..and the whole night, all I could hear was "swish swish, crunch crunch, swish, shwoop." It was soo annoying! I couldn't imagine wearing like socks over my ears or something! Pashminas rule!! But I thought they were like $100-$200!! $20!? Are you serious?? I just remember seeing them at London/Abu Dhabi airports. Alright, take care ladies. Wassalam, Nazia |
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