A stylist friend once told me she can spot a tourist trying to dress Dubai style from across a hotel lobby, not bec...
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Walk into any abaya store in Etihad Mall on a July afternoon, and you will hear the same question over and over. Do...
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A woman walked into a tailor's studio in Deira last year holding a photo of her grandmother's wedding dupatta on he...
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Ever picked up a piece of fabric and just known, right away, that it was different? That's what happens with a Japa...
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Dubai hit 48°C last July, and somewhere in a mall parking lot, a woman in a heavy polyester abaya was probably regr...
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A woman walked through Dubai International last winter wearing a stiff embroidered abaya meant for a wedding. By th...
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