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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Nailah Lymus Talks to Judith Thurman About Modern Fashion and Islam

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Politics, Washington, News, Obama, Wnyc, President, Lizza, Barack, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2016

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Nailah Lymus is the founder of the modelling agency Underwraps, which represents Muslim and modest models. Lymus also designs boldly printed and colorful hijabs. The New Yorker staff writer Judith Thurman, who has written about fashion for the magazine since the eighties, spoke with Lymus about modesty and feminism.

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Judith Thurman talks to the fashion designer Naila Limus. In addition to her work

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designing high-fashioned hijabs, Limus runs underwaps, an agency for models who want to

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retain their modesty.

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There are some beautiful pictures this week in the New Yorker of hijabs.

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Islamic head coverings in a range of styles and colors and patterns.

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They're pretty stunning, definitely not what you'd expect,

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and you can take a look at New Yorker.com.

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Staff writer Judith Thurman went to talk to their designer, Naila Lymus.

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Lymus is also a model and the founder of a modeling agency called Underwraps.

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She represents Muslims and other women with a different standard of modesty than the fashion

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world at large.

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