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Modest BeautyPioneer Fashion Designer Lubna Muhammad (PART1)Part 1 of 3. The Modest Beauty Podcast gets the chance to sit down and talk with one of the designers and pioneers of fashion in the modest Muslim community here in the USA, Lubna Muhammad. Join us and get inspired by her humble beginnings as a Muslim fashion designer in the mainstream fashion industry at age 14. Everything inspires her and her designs, especially the streets and hustle and bustle of NYC which it cultivated from home economics in junior high school and her foundation from the High School of Fashion Industries in NYC. To Contact Lubna Muhammad:e...
2022-11-3033 minModest BeautyModest Beauty henna artist, Amirah MyersAmirah Myers is a 19-year-old young African American Muslim henna artist who makes designs on the body using the dye from the henna tree. Henna is only on the skin temporarily. Amirah taught herself and practiced on herself for many hours to develop the skills for henna artistry. She did not have a design or artistic background. Listen to her journey and see how her skills and business evolved through determination, practice, and energy. Amirah attends Towson University as a sophomore majoring in criminal justice and she plans on being a behavioral analyst for criminal investigations within the...
2022-08-3146 minModest BeautyCelebrating 1 YEAR! The Modest Beauty Podcast's 1st ANNIVERSARY!!I’m excited to invite you to the Modest Beauty Podcast’s 1-year anniversary celebration. It was a pleasure having all of these guests for season 1. This is the final episode of season 1. Listen and watch these short video clips, and audio clips. I also read a couple of emails sent by 2 guests. In this episode, some of the season 1 guests express what being on the show meant to them and how the Modest Beauty Podcast is a valuable platform and assists in giving an authentic voice in the industry. Videos and audio are played during this final episode of season...
2022-06-3019 minModest BeautyGlobal Styling and Home Decorator Azizah Kahera Celebrates Mother's Day by honoring her mother and many other pioneering moms who influenced her modest beauty and creativity.Azizah Kahera has lived in the Middle East and has traveled extensively throughout Australia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Ms. Kahera has been featured on CNN, the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters, and in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Azizah served for over 15 years as the Chief Operations Officer for Azizah magazine, the vehicle for the voice of Muslim American women – a publication that portrays their experiences and shatters commonly held stereotypes. Formerly employed by Delta and the Center for Disease Control, Azizah has a strong background in operations management, business development, and community development. A graduate of Rutg...
2022-05-3157 minModest BeautyCosmopolitan and BBC News feature Naballah Chi ( fashion stylist) chats with us.Naballah Chi is a native of the predominately African and Indian people of the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago. This artistic, innovative, fashion brand owner and festive islander has always had a love for fashion. She always felt "creatively inspired" and says perhaps it was from her envirnomnet because long before birth, her parents designed, cut, sewed, and sold fashion as part of the family's revenue streams. Naballah became apprentice under her driven entrepreneurial mother and learned to design with paints and leanrd to cut and sew for men and women. To strengthen her design and ambi...
2022-04-2749 minModest BeautyModest Beauty Recap with KhalidaTheModelKhalida Muhaymin is a modest Muslim American model and businesswoman. She started modeling when she was 22 years old for local Muslim designers in NY and NJ where she’s from in the early 1990s. At that time modest Muslim models were far and in between. Fast forward- she has a BA and MA in teaching English, married for 24 years, and has 3 boys. She happened to go to a fashion show in 2018 and was asked to model on the spot and never looked back. Khalida has modeled in private shows in New York Fashion Week and 3 consecutive cycles in DC Fa...
2022-03-3008 minModest BeautyThe Black Box Collection CEO- Taqwa HasanTaqwa Hasan has always had a love and a passion for The Arts/Fashion Design. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Merchandising from Wayne State University in 2006. Her unique and eclectic style to design was inspired by her very diverse upbringing while attending a local Muslim school in Detroit Michigan called Al-Ikhlas Training Academy. Her school inspired her to see up close and personal the beauty of other cultures including their cultural prints, fabrics, and aesthetics. All of these factors helped to shape and inspire her to become the CEO of her brand, The Black Box Collection. The compa...
2022-02-2335 minModest BeautyWhat young modest models and their parents need to know about the modeling and talent industry: Modest Muslim model and actress, Zaira Kabibi and her mom discuss the YAYS! and NAYS!Although just 13 years old, Zaira KaBibi is already an accomplished entrepreneur, model, andactress. She is the co-owner along with her two sisters of the fifteen-time award-winning Bourne Brilliant, a plant-based bakery, and restaurant. Together they've been in business for over 8 years. 2 years ago Zaira used her sewing and design skills to launch her company Kabibi Kollection. Signed with a talent agency, Zaira has been published and featured since the age of 2. This multi-ethnic beauty proudly celebrates and shares her cultures, languages & beliefs with those who are receptive. She hopes that one day many covered beauties...
2022-01-2644 minModest BeautyNYC Fashion Industry's Fashion Designer/entrepreneur Zahiyya Abdul-KarimZahiyya Abdul-Karim is a designer and entrepreneur in New York City's Fashion Industry. Over the past 25 years, Zahiyya has worked in the NYC fashion Industry building millions in revenue for design firms and also sewing and designing for private clients. Cover Me Chic was also founded by Zahiyya and is the umbrella of her brand.Zahiyya studied fashion design in college and soon after got her first job in the New York fashion Industry.Her fashion and textile designs have been featured in various publications including The New York Times, Huffington Post, Aziza Magazine, S...
2021-12-2952 minModest BeautyDC Fashion Week Founder, Producer and Director Ean Williams embraces Modest FashionThis Podcast was at the Pink Carpet Charity Event so there is background noise. Listen to Ean Williams, a former professional model, actor, and multiple international awards recognized designer and producer chat with us on The Modest Beauty Podcast. Mr. Williams is a 3 time British Vogue featured designer. He is the founder, executive director, and producer of DC Fashion Week. He regularly provides his fashion commentary on social media and news outlets such as Fox 5 WTTG and ABC News Channel 8. Mr. Williams is the recipient of the Fashion Icon Award (U Designate me), Winner of Best Indie Menswear Designer ( Blac...
2021-11-2420 minModest BeautyFashion Model Saniyyah Bilal Sits down and talks with us about being in the Fashion IndustrySaniyyah Bilal is an experienced runway and print model who lives in New York but has roots in Philadelphia. Saniyyah has modeled in Faatimah Gamble's annual fashion show, Brooklyn Fashion Week, and NYFW. She has been published in the international magazine Gaya Magazine, featured in Allure, worked with Verona Collection and Natasha Denona LLC. Saniyyah is a skincare ambassador for Ambi Skin products and a contestant on The Fashion Hero TV show. Her latest project featured as a model has just come out with @the jeanniemai's clothing line featured on @therealdaytime television show. Saniyyah is represented by UMMA Models in Lo...
2021-10-2754 minModest BeautySumiyyah Rasheed, Author of "No Money Startup: How To Build an Apparel Manufacturing Company"Let's sit down and listen to Co-owner of the Atlanta-based production house, SWH Apparel, Sumiyyah Rasheed. See how this manufacturing company of almost 30 years has produced high-quality apparel since 1992. Sumiyyah Rasheed showcased her design talents during NYFW in 2013. She first made a name for herself as a business consultant as an expert in the IT field. Sumiyyah's Georgia based firm, Crescent Consulting Group, Inc, has a roster of Fortune 500 clients that span the apparel and footwear manufacturing and distribution industries. Enjoy this wonderful and beautiful conversation, "old school, Black Girl Magic" style!!!
2021-09-2230 minModest BeautyContemporary Islam and Muslim fashion expert Dr. Kayla Renee WheelerDr. Kayla Renee Wheeler is an assistant professor of Critical Ethnic and Black Studies and the Africana Studies Program Director at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Wheeler shares her research and expertise in contemporary Islam and Muslim fashion. Dr. Wheeler is currently writing a book entitled, Fashioning Black Islam, which provides a history of Black Muslim fashion in the United States from the 1930s to the present. Listen to this informative conversation and leave with tips and suggestions on how to support Black Muslim fashion and designers.
2021-08-2639 min
Modest BeautyModest Beauty in the Fitness field with Haleemah MuhayminIn this episode, KhalidaTheModel sits down with Haleemah Muhaymin, Level 3 archery coach and fitness instructor, and talk about modest beauty and modest fashion in the fitness and archery field while still being professional. They also discuss Haleemah being a modest fashion influencer and fashion role model growing up.
2021-07-2913 minModest BeautyMy first fashion influencer and fashion trendsetterListen to a conversation with my first fashion influencer and fashion trendsetter who did not compromise her modesty or fashion sense when dressing as a Muslim /modest woman. Listen to how she navigated around trends and her own fashion sense and fashion upbringing to still look beautiful and fashionable. If you are able to view this episode it will be good because it does show pictures.
2021-07-0119 minModest BeautyIntroducing KhalidaTheModel's Modest Beauty PodcastKhalidaTheModel tells us what the "Modest Beauty" podcast is all about. Join us for our seasonal episodes.
2021-06-2403 min
KME Coaching, Business & MarketingEpisode #18 Modest Muslim Model & Businesswoman, Khalida Muhaymin, with Host, Kim EvansEpisode #18: Modest Muslim American Model & Businesswoman; Khalida Muhaymin, Welcome to Inspired Conversations Podcast Show with Host, Kim Evans.Topic: Rocking the Runway as a Modest Muslim American Model, Coach & Woman EntrepreneurAbout Khalida Muhaymin, Runway Muslim Modest Model & Coach is an American model and business woman. She started modeling when she was 22 years old for local Muslim designers in NY and NJ. Listen and be inspired by her story.Contact Khalida Muhaymin:Instagram.com/Khalidathemodel___________________________About Your Host:Kim Evans, MA, LE, CMT
2021-03-0849 min