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Barjis Chohan's AW 2012 collection: 'teenage, stylish Muslims are struggling buying garments through the Western, high-street stores' Photograph: Eleanor Edwards

It's 2012. We are bored stiff to demise with debates towards hijab. Why females wear it. If they tend to be coerced involved with it. "Oh, but we bet they usually have a pleasant locks under there". SNORE. All this work talk neglects the part of fashion in the hijab's popularity. It is simply much easier to be a fashionable Muslim in Britain nowadays – walk down Oxford street and stereotypes associated with hijab as bland and restrictive tend to be laughable. There are gaggles of friends putting on brilliant leopard print H&M shawls as a hijab, girls with a mountain of fabric piled up to produce a beehive style hijab - hell, I even saw a girl wearing a glittery blue cardigan as a headscarf when (we saw the sleeve hanging out).

But popular brands appear unwilling to target Muslim ladies, so that the hijab-wearing buyer needs to be additional discerning on highstreet. The entire outfit has to be considered. Which means that unless you're using an abaya, you ought to learn how to layer. Maxi dresses require a jacket, midi skirts require leggings or trousers underneath them and low-cut tops require a sufficiently lengthy hijab. Barjis Chohan, a protegé of Vivienne Westwood, is looking to produce things easier along with her clothes label, Barjis. Chohan saw a gap in an industry flooded with polyester abayas and over-embellished abayas being not practical and just appropriate unique occasions. "youthful, trendy Muslims are struggling to purchase garments through the west, high-street shops, because of the unsuitable hemlines and necklines, and so they turn to putting on levels, which are hot and uncomfortable during summer. To ensure that is just why I developed Barjis, to fill this space, with useful, high-quality, moderate and trendy time and night wear for hectic, modern-day woman." The woman autumn/winter collection functions abayas with peter pan collars and clothes designed to be used over pants.

Jil Sander's spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection on September 25, 2010 during the Women's manner week in Milan. (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

The minimalist form of Barjis' line is reminiscent of Zara's 'Studio' range as well as the sleekness of maysaa.com. But is it that tough for a muslim to dress from the high-street at this time? This past year maxi skirts and clothes were freed from the stigma of hideous boho-chic, thanks to some extent to Jil Sander's springtime/summer 2011 collection. Using its sleek paperbag outfits, Sander's impact still has the highstreet flooded with maxi skirts. Tapered chinos have trumped skinny jeans given that bottoms of choice, and more recently the Prada and Chanel autumn/winter 2012 shows included mostly clothes and long coats worn over pants, which the highstreet should be sure to copy.

Chohan's study unearthed that the worldwide muslim manner marketplace is well worth $96 million (£59 million) and with Harrods offering abayas, it is no surprise that after Issa was bought by Camilla Fayed it featured headscarves and summery twists regarding abaya. Obviously, manner fetishises styles as fast as it discards all of them, but part of the happiness of incorporating a dress-code with style is in seeking brand-new combinations. We cannot all dress like Sheikha Mozah, who has the woman couture outfits modified for modesty, but it is fun attempting.