Change in Somali Fashion

[Oxy-]

The common Somali female gear you see is the long Hijaab – I aint not sure what the correct word to describe it is in Somali.








I call this the Penguin look
















Before that daily Somali women wore this :
















This picture was taken in 1982






I wonder what caused the sudden change in fashion after 1990. Did the war cause the trend in fashion to shift? Or was there an quick surge of Islamic principle? If so, why post 1990 and not earlier… hmmmm interesting.

[Basra-]

Thats why somalia had a civil war ma ha? People were dressed like that and somalis were generally becoming 'unislamic', like u Oxy,..... .....i think the the new acquanic look is best for somalis. Who you are, starts with what you are wearing.

[marcassmith]

Each to their own.

[paidmonk]

It started in 92 in the refugee camps. Before the war, the dugsis were run locally and everything had government regulation according to Somali traditions and socialism, but afterward there was no system to keep the cultural quota so the Saudis flooded the country and refugee camps with literature and teachers who taught in their style.

[Babygirl-]

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[Jamac_Yare]

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

maaac isii like u did in the PM

[HELWAA]

[Executive]

Mashallah

It seems like back in the days it was normal for woman's tits to hand out

[Miz_Bootylicious]

Nacaas why r u laughing at the islamic clothes? kullaha the 'Penguin look'

[Eye]

lol @ penguin look

[Basra-]

oxy is a lil confused soul.

[LobsterUnit]

oxy is a lil confused soul.

oromo,

[eyes-only]

I call it a crime against fashion or plain simply ugly...uff

Even worse are those who make it even uglier as if they weren't doing such a good job of it already by wearing two colours that clash and not in a good way.