As part of the GAYA team, I was invited to attend Malaysia’s very first international modest fashion event, Kuala Lumpur Modest Fashion Week 2016 (KLMFW 2016). KLMFW 2016 is the continual of previously Moslema In Style International Fashion Forward event which took place in November last year. GAYA Magazine was one of the proud media partners at KLMFW 2016 and attending as part of the entourage was an opportunity to experience and embrace. Positioned to make Kuala Lumpur the number…
The rundown on the runway action. 2016 marked one of the best Telstra Perth Fashion Festivals and proved to be another momentous occasion for Perth’s fashion scene. This year the incredible line up of local, national and international designer talent transformed Western Australia into a hub of excitement and into a new found realm of runway delivery. As the fashion forward goers flocked to Fashion Paramount, the buzz filled the air with anticipation of what was about to grace the…
Alicia Keys appeared at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards sans makeup, with a Just Cavalli long-sleeved, printed maxi dress and a messy braided topknot. She rocked the red carpet casually, make up free yet still so very stunning and modestly dressed. After writing her empowering Lenny Letter speaking about the constraints of the cosmetic industry, the pressure of wearing cosmetics daily and ever more when she started her career in music, Keys adopted the need to go make up free.…
Throughout the months leading up to the rebranding and relaunch of my blog, I came across an online magazine that was very in line with my blog. With their mission, “Bringing Modest Fashion into the Digital Age,” it drew me in and quickly I whipped up an email expressing my interest in becoming a contributor to their magazine. I wasn’t sure how my email would be perceived, though I was hopeful and patiently awaited their reply. To my surprise, I was emailed…
I have fallen in love with an Instagram feed that shares all the beautiful things I love in one; photography, gowns, designer dresses, bridal couture, weddings, flowers, lace and modesty. The Modest Bride (TMB) has been one of my favourite Instagram feeds for a while now and each day I find inspiration in the posts that are uploaded by it’s editor, Saltanat. Her website and feeds all have been “borne out of the musings of a girl who dreams of…