The Hijab Magazine: A Fashion Review

A while back I was complaining that I had spent a ridiculous amount of money on the November 2009 Hijab magazine (pictured). Now that I have received and 'read' it (by which I mean look at the pictures, as they have a single mediocre columnist who writes one page in the whole "magazine"..) I decided I'll review it as I now have a week off uni during which I am at my leisure to embark on any pointless thing I desire, yayy :D Although this should stop you wasting your hard earned cash, so I guess it's not completely without purpose..

I scanned some of the particularly offensive 'looks' in:

Who thought that harem trousers tucked into shiny black, pointy heeled boots, coupled with some sort of hideous crop top from the 90's worn over a red polo neck would look even remotely worthy of space in a fashion magazine??!! And who agreed with them?

The extensive abaya collection, does not fair any better. I give you the towel abaya.. or is it a suit? Whatever it is, clearly it was the same fashion genius responsible for the harem look above that thought sticking bits of old bath towel onto clothes was ground breaking stuff:

I know a lot of you are probably going to think the next look is 'alright actually..' but would you pay for it? Would you even pay for a magazine that featured it? Most people would be able to put a better outfit together at home. This is not fashion, it's non-fashion. And speaking of money, they do not even publish the prices of their featured clothes.. very useful.

This next one is a shocker. I'm speechless. (But vividly reminded of star trek/wars):

Just what every girl wants to be wearing on her wedding day, a dress with bubbles on the skirt and an over sized collar.. A bubble-bearing collared wedding dress. That must be the bright spark that thunked up the harem look again..

Speaking of which... They threw a poncho and yet another collar into the mix and voila - an outfit that would get you sectioned.

To be fair, it's not all bad, in fact I would happily wear either of the next two dresses but the vast majority of the outfits featured in this magazine are disasters. I don't see why you should have to pay about £15 to get it shipped here and then have to riffle through 15 disgusting looks to find one nice one that you could have put together anyway.

Guess I'll be sticking to my weekly Look magazine then..