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[Ms DD]

Salaam Aleykum

 

How are you all doing? It has been ages since i have been here. I can tell I am missed by the dire topics here

 

I wanted to let you know about this Abaya shop opened in Angel. Some stunning abayas are on display and the sisters have just started. One of them is the actual designer and she has done them from scratch and this enabled her to create in between sizes where slender sisters are able to wear shapely abayas, very unlike the sack-looking ones. You guys should check it out.

 

oh..here is their leaflet:

 

[Che -Guevara]

^^You should pay ad fee to LST. That said welcome back Cambarro.

[Ibtisam]

Hey Ms DD . Good to see you back sis. I need to check out that place before Eid...or maybe before summer. What are the prices like hoorta? I refuse to buy a Abayah for more than £15, as they are less £8 in Muslim countries. Unless they are out of this world and make me look absolutely fabulous, which I highly doubt.!

[Ms DD]

Hi Che

 

I am just helping somali sisters out. But cheers for the welcome. LST could remove it if he cant be charitable to the poor somali sisters. I think we should help each other..dont u think?

 

Anyway what has been happening lately?

[Che -Guevara]

LooooooooL@charitable...That's emotional blackmaial. Anyway, wax ku dhaafay malaha, we just missed our weekly feed of Saudi stories.

[Al-Muminah]

Salaama Alaykum

 

Is this only in the UK ukhti?

[Ms DD]

Helo Ghanima dearest

I didnt see ur post there. Since you are poorly student, even cup of tea may be out of your reach now..but the abayas look good. They maybe £8 in the arab world, but in the western world, it is lot dearer.

 

Saudi stories, coming up Che

 

Wa aleykum salaam sister al-muminah

This is only the UK, i imagine, but they mentioned they will go online in the next collection.

[Som@li]

Welcome back Ms DD, if you have a shop, please be willing to invest in Advertisement, it is really worth it.

[Aaliyyah]

Ms DD thanks hun, I like my abayas to be a bit stylish & shapely. Unfortunately, it is only in UK.

 

So, let us know when the next collection goes online.

 

wa salaam

[Pucca]

its not just in the uk my dear, you can buy any cabaya that's 'stylish' *and we do have quite alot of shops here in toronto* and just get it altered to fit perfectly. I personally cant be bothered with this, so i just buy a fitted long coat to go with the cabaaya.

[Al-Muminah]

Salaama Alaykum,

 

So they'll be online soon as well? Good to know. I don't get my abayads tailored, I just check it (without putting it on) and take it. They're so expensive though. I usually have to fork out $50-70

for my abayads, and surprisingly the Somali stores sell it for cheap.

[Aaliyyah]

its not just in the uk my dear, you can buy any cabaya that's 'stylish' *and we do have quite alot of shops here in toronto* and just get it altered to fit perfectly.

Pucca, I was referring to this particular store

 

However, you are right we have few arab/somali shops where you can find nice abayas.

 

for my abayads, and surprisingly the Somali stores sell it for cheap.

you are right Al-Mu'minah somali stores tend to be cheaper compared to arab stores. I bought my last abaya from Habib, and I bought it for close to 90 dollars. I could have saved around 40 dollars if I bought it from a somali store.

[Abaay Heylay]

^^i think somali prices are fair when it comes to food and clothes. for example if u go to ohio u can get skirt for $20, but in arabic stores the same skirt would cost u $40. if i am buying abayas i usually order them from turkey, they have beatiful cheap abayas.

[Blessed]

That's good, about time reer UK got some glam. abaayas.

 

Ghanima, 8pound abaayas in the ME? Where? Or are talking about the ones islaamuhu keenan?

 

The first time I went abaaya shopping here, I was under the impression that they were dirt cheap. I went into Hanayen (The DNKY of abaaya shops) and I picked the plainest abaaya they had, I'm a no glitter girl. It was 200 Omani Riyals. So I'm like, 'what's that in stirling, a tenner?'

 

My husband just grinned.

 

A tenner. LOL.

[Jacaylbaro]

Welcome back cambaro,

 

I can buy and send you a lot of Abbayas much much less than those expensive ones. I mean we can start business right ??