I am a Muslim woman and I have been told that I should take of my hijab because it is not Western?

Question

BUT HOW SHOULD I DRESS?

I am told that I should dress like British person to fit in..
But I don't know what the British uniform is...


Should I wear trousers or jeans? Should I wear a long skirt or are minis in this season?
Should I wear a getto look with low slung jeans or dress like a chave in barberry? Should I wear a flece or a hoody, or a waxen jacket? Should I dress smart in a shirt and tie??
Should I dress like a punk and dye my hair grean and get peirced all over?
Or should I be a goth and dress in black with white make up...?
Or maybe PVC fetish gear would be better??

I could wear Brittish national custom but I don't see too many places selling Beef Eater gear..

At whatever costs should I avoid ethnic clothes..except when ethnic boho chic is in? And what if I wear one of those retro Braselian football t shirts.,
Would that mean I am dressing foreign, and should be avoided too???

I'SN'T THE GOOD THING ABOUT BEING WESTERN....
IS THAT THERE IS NO UNIFORM..


AND YOU CAN DRESS HOWEVER YOU WANT INCLUDING IN A HIJAB?

So you should be able to dress however you want?

Answer 1

Ignore people like that. The very definition of choice means you have the choice to wear what you want. If you want to wear hijab, wear it by all means! Britian has a growing multicultural society. If THEY aren't comfortable with diversity, then they need to leave to some backwards society. Anyone that has an issue with what someone chooses to wear is the real problem.

Answer 2

Uh, Western culture is really the ability to wear what you want. There is no specific cultural dress. I'm not sure if you are, but it sounds like you're complaining and to be honest with you, you should be glad that these people are telling you that you "should" and not that you "have to" and it's just some citizens and not the government of the country. Be glad you live in an open society. You could live in certain countries in the Middle East where you would have to wear the burqa or forced to wear the hijab wheather you're ready or not. So look on the bright side, at least you have a choice.

Answer 3

I am from the U.S., so I don't know how extreme social pressure is in the U.K. However, one of the nice things about the west is that you can dress pretty much however you like as a form of self expression, or for comfort, or for no reason at all. I am rather adventurous, myself. Along with my western wardrobe,I have adopted wearing salwar kameez- because I find it comfortable, flattering, practical, and in our desert climate in the west,cooler and more dignified than the short shorts and very skimpy tops people wear to keep cool. I get mixed comments, some people love them, some think its strange, everyone agrees with me about the good points. I think that you should dress in whatever way you feel the most comfortable, that makes you feel relaxed and most able to be yourself. The people that are criticizing you are only showing their ignorance and intolerance. Any of the other choices you mentioned would bother someone or other. If you want to go western and keep covered, go for boho-chic, wear a long skirt and a scarf tied as a head wrap rather than the traditional hijab. You'll be sylish and comfortable, too.

Answer 4

Wear what you want- whether it be a hijab or a chicken suit. I'm not the biggest fan of American culture (and I LIVE here), but even I can admit that America's diversity is one of the only things that make it worth anything. Add to the diversity. Don't TRY to fit in, just be who you are, in whatever clothes you want. Of course if you don't WANT to wear a hijab, that's fine too. It really only has to do with what you want.

Besides, I wouldn't try to jump into the trends now- the 80s are back, meaning a lot of leggings, tunic-y tops, skinny jeans with dark washes, etc... It's pretty bad.

Answer 5

Trousers if youre fat, jeans if youre thin.
long skirt if you have ugly knees, short if you have good legs.
getto or chave - NEVER always looks like crap!
shirt and tie is ok if you have a good job.
I'd go with blue not green for the punk look - green never matches any ones complexion.
goth is ok if youre pretty - if youre not you'll just look worse.
PVC fetish gear if youre also cat woman.

You seem to have a lot of choices of what to wear, so why are you complaining, its not like you've been told you have to wear a certain thing???

Answer 6

1- Hijab is not western and is not a british apparatus
2- When you wear it you look like a clown
3- Undress is more western. You could cover nudity with some clothes : M&S , C&A
4- All the clothes you mention are OK . You are not supposed to pierce or dye your hair green.
5- The above look also like clowns, and you can join them in the weird side of the society

BY ALL MEANS YOU ARE FREE ... Try to wear freedom with elegance

Answer 7

It sounds like the people telling you to dress like the British are just trying to keep you safe. Since 9-11 not to many America's are going to trust or even excepted your cutler.But if youwant to stay true to your cutler then I would say you should dress that way and not flip back and forward.
It will take a while for us as America's to get use to the idea that not all of you are that way. But it will not happen if your cutler starts to dress like someone you are not. That just tells us you are trying to hide something.

I would say you would be better off staying true to yourself. Not to be someone you are not.

Answer 8

I am a Christian who is studying islam. I am getting ready to do the shahada. The Quran says that woman have to cover the head and body. Do what you feel you have to. Just keep your respect and dont wear very revealing or seductive clothing.

Answer 9

Who told you to take it off? No one, I guess. It's not against the law to wear one. Your right, a good thing about the West is you can wear what you want, so why don't you? Can't help feeling that you're being a bit paranoid here.

Answer 10

I think you should dress the way you feel comfortable, spiritually. Don't dress a certain way just to "fit in." Be proud of who you are. If you get benefit from wearing hijab, then by all means, wear it.