Monthly Archives: June 2010

E’s Wedding and Y’s Bridal Shower and Henna

So as some of you may know I am Arabic, which means a ton of engagement parties, Henna parties, bridal showers and of course weddings. One big thing I would like to do in this blog is help young women find different ways ?to cover up. Cover up you ask- But why? For example, being Arabic I have to dress modestly and it’s not appropriate for me to wear spaghetti straps to a wedding (I usually have a shirt under or a cardigan over). I am not saying you won’t see me in tanks every so often, because I am sure you will. I hope this can inspire some girls to find the right way to “cover up”.?So here are a few pics of my adorable dresses (including a traditional arabic thobe) and my friends.?

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Me and Y at her Shower. No, it is not actually zebra, its just black and white striped. Can you guess where I got it from? Haha.

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Me with the beautiful bride E. As you might be able to see here, my gorgeous Sean Collection dress is cut down the front J.Lo-style. I didn’t have the heart to close it up with some fabric, so I just went on a search until I found the perfect shirt to wear under it. My mom and I hunted everywhere, but got lucky and found it at Rave Girl.?

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Here is one without the shirt, so you can see how awesome it would look. BTW, Sean Collection is my FAVE dress designer. I have 4 dresses by them and would buy 100 more if I could afford too.?

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This is me and my friend H at Y’s Henna Part. I am wearing a traditional Arabic Thobe with a modern twist to it. It is usually worn on Henna parties by the bride’s family or close friends. I own 3 and I really like them. When I was younger I hated them, but of course I grew into my awesome fashion sense and learned how to make traditional fashionable.

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So what do you guys think? Do you like the traditional Arabic Thobe? Do you have any awesome cultural outfits you absolutely love??

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Ah!!! First blog post!!

So here it is! My first official blog post on my new blog! I hope to use this space to share awesome outfits I see and wear, talk about weird life things, my obsessions and some things I think are awesome.?

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So Chicago was crazy rainy today. I couldn’t believe how bad it was. I just saw the news and traffic so was bad that people were still trying to get home at 10:00 p.m. That’s insane! I was supposed to go get my nails painted and I didn’t because the rain was so bad! I’ll just paint them myself tomorrow I guess.?

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Anyways, this isn’t much of a first post but I will have a great one next time! I may even have photos…?

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