By Paradise Afshar, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(AJC) If she had her way, N’aimah Abdullah would have spent her summer island hoping through the Caribbean with her friends, and they’d all be decked out in some of the most unique modest fashion designs out there.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t in the cards this year due to the pandemic.
But Abdullah did manage to use her role of show coordinator for therecent 35th annual Sealed Nectar Fashion Show to create a cruise-themed Islamic fashion show, complete with beachwear, tropical music and dancing. The show not only serves as a fundraiser for Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam, but it also has become an outlet for Black Muslim women to express their individuality through clothing, and helps showcase how fashionable modest styles can be.
“This is Black women showing their creativity and allowing themselves that place to shine,” Abdullah said. “We’re the leaders in fashion and when you start talking about colors and styles and all of these different things — African American women have been unapologetically fashionable.”
To stay COVID-safe the show didn’t use a traditional runway this year. Instead, models pre-shot their looks at an Airbnb in Atlanta, and attendees watched the show via Zoom. Some people even held watch parties.
