IG Live - Sartorial Spirituality with Umair Haseeb
Sultans and Sneakers
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The Worldquake. What Are You Wearing?
"I was late to class, and it was, i overslept a little bit," she says. "Everybody 's wearing either ah, like a gilaba, or a jumba,. Like a thobe, or like, a very well iron shirt." She recalls her teacher taking her out for breakfast in the middle of an arabic grammar lesson. He started telling her stories about those who had come before them with reverence that they would present themselves in the most beautiful way when they were at gatherings of learning rite. The story changed her relationship with clothing ever since then.
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