In recent years, women in Arab markets during Ramadan have been increasingly wearing the abaya, a traditional, loose-fitting symbol of chastity and dignity. With designers giving it a modern and ...

Abayas have been featured in Vogue Italia in the past, while many designers, including Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy, have based whole collections on traditional Arab robes and headgear.

A Saudi Arabian designer has launched a new range of World Cup abayas despite criticism from fellow designers in the strict Islamic country. Rania Khogaer, who is also a design teacher at King ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - When Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving ended on Sunday, fashion designer Eman Joharjy and her friends drove to Jeddah's seafront where they exchanged their car for bicycles.

What was once a strictly traditional garment has evolved into a canvas for creativity, self-expression, and cultural dialogue ...

As the abaya witnesses a global resurgence, the sixth edition of Arab Fashion Week opened Wednesday with fallen angels, Rococo corsets, cupcake headbands and nary a kaftan in sight. Billed as an ...

Today The Abaya's red diamond, which is appraised at about $7.4 million, is not the only precious stone Wingham used in her design.

This new line of abayas focuses on practicality, and some of the abayas’ designs are such that there’s a marked similarity to the jumpsuits style.

Women in Saudi Arabia must wear an abaya in public - a long, black robe. But at least one designer hopes to buck this tradition.

She is optimistic that Saudi Arabia’s strict social rules will ease further. But she still believes that many women will continue to wear the abaya in one form or another.