This look is one the would be great for a mixed wedding or prom. The dress is paired with a cashmere cardigan to cover the arms and to minimize the showing of figure that the tight waist of the dress encourages. I recommend wearing a white chiffon sheila and white clutch along with red shoes and a red underpiece to provide a pop of color. You could even use fancy jeweled pins in your scarf! Formal dresses are unbelievably difficult to shop for online, so I used designer pieces to inspire your outfit.

Look #2:

This second look is perfect for a banquet, dinner, or work related gathering. The dress is the perfect basis for an outfit. It reaches nicely to the knee, has a jeweled neckline to dress it up, and the pattern is perfect to match green accesories to. I would wear it with some well-fitting wide-leg black dress pants, and either a black jacket with a black underscarf, or a white jacket with a white underscarf. Match the hijab and a nice clutch to the green in the dress, slip into some gorgeous pumps, add jewelry and light make-up to polish, and voila! A versatile and gorgeous outfit for many different formal occasions.

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Dress: Chadwicks, $59.99

Shoes: Shoebuy, $97.95

Pants: New York & Company, $39.95

Hijab: 2Hijab, $2.95

Look #3:

Here's an outfit for girls who only wear abaya or jilbab or for anyone who just wants to sport a glamorous khaleeji look. This beautiful abaya with silver embroidery is a stunning and modest way to dress up for any formal event. I've been drooling over it for weeks. I decided to just accessorize in all silver, which will provide an elegant contrast to the black of the abaya.

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Abaya and sheila: Ecrater, $59.99

Pumps: Shoebuy, $98.95

Underscarf: Middle Eastern Mall, $5.00

Necklace: Forever 21, $8.80

Ring: Forever 21, $5.80

Clutch: Ebags, $24.00

So, what do you think? Which outfit is your favorite?

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Jazakumullahu Khairan

Assalam Wa3laikum! Welcome to Muslima Moda!

We, Ruqiyyah and Ala, started this site up as an outlet for the interests and concerns of Muslimas everywhere. We are fashion fanatics who feel a deep and meaningful connection with our religion and we want to use this blog to reflect both aspects of our lives. We want to share our love of being muslimas, wearing hijab , and hijabi fashion.

"Hijabi fashion" may seem like a paradox but it is a growing fashion industry serving millions. We really wanted to start our first post here to talk about what hijab is to us.

Hijab is more than covering your head. It is a dress code set out for muslim women after they reach puberty. The dress code involves covering everything except for your hands, feet and face. In fact the permissibility of feet has even been controversial. However, for our purposes we believe it is not part of the hijab.

We know that the fashion industry wasn't made for the purposes of our modesty, but we know that we can make it work for us in often gorgeous ways that we hope to share with everyone!

In addition to fashion advice and discussion, we want to address problems and issues that face the hijabi of the 21st century.

We intend to put up at least one new post every week. Posts may be by one or both of us and they should be a ton of fun inshallah!

Just some background on us: We've been best friends for over ten years but we're complete opposites, so you should see a wide variety of fashions and feelings about spending and style between the two of us.

Please leave your feedback about what you would like to see on here and we'll be happy to use your ideas.

Ruqiyyah and Ala