America's first major Muslim clothing store says Modest fashion isn't just for Muslims
Fusion.net:
ORLANDO, Floida - It wasn't a typical weekend scene at the Fashion square Mall in central Floida. A DJ blasted loud belly dance music as fashionably dressed Muslim women in hijabs took red carpet selfies and got free makeovers to celebrate the grand opening of Verona, the first Islamic fashion store to open in a major U.S shopping mall.
Verona has only been open for a couple of days, but it's already challenging Islamophobia towards Muslim women who wear headcovers in western society. "We have this stereotype that hijabis (women who wear the hijab) are oppressed, that they are forced to wear it, and they're uneducated. These things are everything that I am not and everything that my customers are not," store owner Lisa Vogl told Fusion as she and her business partners cut the ribbon on the store.
