About Arabic Dress
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Arabic clothing can be of different types but the main purpose of the arabic clothing is to cover the whole body. Islam is the main religion followed by Arabs and one of the fundamental of Islam is that women should cover the whole body.
The Arabic clothing is categorized into dresses, tops, skirts,arabic abayas, sports wear, pants, jibabs and hijabs. Like every nation has its own unique styles and even arabic clothing for men is also quiet different from other nations.
The dresses of women can be maxi dress to give a modest look to the lady and fulfulling the rules applied to Islamic clothing. Most bride colors are avoded which attracts the attention of too many people. With the development of fashion industry the arabic clothing have seen many variation in dresses. Different cuts in tops have recently be seen I tried to show different designs of top present in the market.
Another beatiful part of arabic clothing is abaya and jalibabs. These are often worn when ladies go out of home. Every day
brings new design for lqdies to choose. The style and inovation is being applied in all the arab clothings
Jalabiya is Traditional Egyptian silhouette, It is Like Arabian Abaya Dress just differ because it has Wider cuts no collar and no buttons and stitch according to long pattern and wider sleeves, Girls use to wear jalabiya as out-wear which cover their whole body in a Islamic way. Jalabiya Dresses come in wide range of colors but as a Out-wear Black color is most wanted color and Women user to wear it with Ammama.Today Clothing9 Brought Cool and Fancy Kaftan Jalabiya styles for their visitors , These Modern Kaftan Dresses Contains latest Designs and style.Our Fashion Followers can find Embroidered Kaftan , Jalabiya Abaya, Modern Kaftan with Collar etc in this Collection, These Jalabiya Dresses made on Chiffon and Georgette fabrics and Grey, Black, Blue and Brown Colors, and Silk Strips are used to embellish these attires. Hope you like this Arabic and Egyptian Abaya Collection.This Collection include all latest Kaftan Designs which are in fashion.Lets have a deep look on all Abaya Dresses by Clothing9.
When one mentions the Emirates, one immediately thinks of men in turbans who obligate their women to wear the burka! This is very cliché.
For a start, turbans originate from Asia. They were originally worn by the Perse (Iranians) and spread to the Ottomans (Turks) and is still worn in certain regions of India & Pakistan. However, the Arabs never wore them! Similarly, the burka is of Afghan origin and the Arabs have never worn them.
So how do the Emiratis dress?
The Emirati attire is typical of Arabic countries and is inherited from the Bedouin culture which prevailed in the Arabic peninsula. Today, men and women carry forward these ancestral traditions not least by means of their way of dressing.
Both men and women wear “veils” and long sleeved “robes”. This is immediately understandable to anyone who has spent time in the Arabic peninsula especially in the summer! The more protection you have from the sun, the better. The traditional attire is therefore best adapted for the local conditions except for the black abaya which must capture a certain amount of heat due to its color.
For more information on how to dress in the UAE as an expat, please refer to the article on “Behavior to adopt in the UAE”
Women's wear
Women wear the abaya, a long black robe with a hijab (the head-scarf which covers the neck and part of the head). Some women may add a niqab which cover the mouth and nose and only leaves the eyes exposed. Alternatively, some women pull their hijab aver their faces so no part of their face is visible. (On the picture to the right women wear the abaya and the hijab in the local Emirati fashion).
The abaya is traditionally completely black but today, you might see some with colorful embroideries around the collar or on the sleeves. Furthermore, these days, the younger generations of Emiratis like to wear fitted abayas when these were originally designed to hide or prevent from revealing any physical shape.
All women are all dressed in black which is obviously not the best choice of color considering the extreme temperatures experienced in this part of the world in the summer. This also explains the extravagant air conditioning in public areas.
On the other hand, they are dressed in an extremely fashionable manner below the abaya which they remove when solely in the presence of women or when at home. Similarly, their love for fashion is reflected by the fact that Emirati women buy abaya made by some of the greatest couturiers such as Dior, Pierre Cardin, Channel etc….
Men’s Wear
Men wear the dishdash also referred to as dish-dasha or even gandoora, gandurah or even tawb or taub (long white robe) and the headscarf (keffiyeh). (Pictured: two emiraties in traditional clothing)
The UAE traditional Keffiyeh is white and is held in place by the agal (for which the pluriel is aghals) which resembles a sort of black heavy duty hosepipe. The keffiyehs worn in the neighbouring countries are not necessarily white and each Bedouin tribe will have its own colours. The younger emiraties prefer to wear red and white keffiyehs like the one worn by the Yasser Arafat and tie it round their head to avoid having to wear the agal. Just like with the women’s abaya, the dishdash and keffiyehs are often made foreign famous French English or Italian couturiers.
To wear the Keffiyeh the Emirati style, all you have to do is fold the headscarf once to make a triangle placing the longer side of the triangle along the forehead leaving the 90˚ corner somewhere towards the top of your back. Then all you have to do is place the aghals on top leaving the black chords dangling in your back.
If you want to wear your keffiyeh without using the aghals, simply make a triangle as described above and use the two small-angled corners to wrap them round your head, starting with the back of the head, and around the forehead to fold it back into the beginning of the loop just behind the ears. Do not use the aghals when wearing the keffiyehs in this style.
All Emiratis aged from 5 or 6 onwards wear this traditional clothing.
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