A CONCEPTUAL PAPER ON MODEST WEAR FOR MALAYSIA MUSLIM WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY HIJAB FASHION

Abstract

The Hijab style is ubiquitous for female across the Muslim community that has created new styles of Hijab that has shrunk the gap among Muslim women in the Muslim community. In today’s modern time, Muslim women utilize modern Western fashion and styles of the Muslim fashion as a standard to look trendy and of course to meet the requirements of the religion. In other words, Muslim women wear the hijab with the intention not only to fulfil the religion requirement but also to look like fashionable Muslimah. In recent years, there are growing numbers of Malaysian Muslim entrepreneurs that focus on Muslimah fashion and have made it at the global stage such as Naelofar Hijab and dUCk. Hijab symbolizes a woman’s commitment to her faith by covering oneself as a means self-respect and selfprotection in Islam. This paper attempt to describe the hijab trend among Muslim women in Malaysia. In the current time hijab has been worn not only to reflect one’s religious beliefs but at the same time it is also to keep up with the current fashion trend.