its just like playing with Barbies

Stardoll is a wondrous place where children and imaginative adults go to dress up their fav celebrities, models, actors, singers, fairies and historical people like cleopatra. you can even make up a doll that you create to look exactly like you and then dress them, go shopping at stores like DKNY, do make up, etc. most are american dolls but i did spy arab stars like nancy ajram and elissa on there too.

i thought i would share some of the ones i dressed up hijabi-like....

somali model waris dirie...




the closest i could get to making an abaya outfit on shilpa shetty (using sari & cardigans)...



gabrielle anwar in her get-up from that musketeer/man in the iron mask movie...



some algerian-born singer, who came with hijab but refuses to wear it properly...


i hijabified lady gaga as much as i could (you can thank me later)...



bohemian/hippy/gypsy soul frida kahlo...

all the 'star dolls' come with their own set wardrobe to play around with, hence why i have had to stick with tight pants for some of them (it was either skinny jeans or crotch-knickers, so i made my choice). its all a bit of fun, its free and it will take you back to those days when you were six and played with barbies all day.

this is my personal doll and here are some *actual* abaya (surprise surprise) outfits i picked out from the folk store that closely resembles the stuff i like to wear in real life - though i couldnt find any dubai bling-bling abayas...

or do the other thing i did and make up some "im crazy as bat shit to wear this with hijab" outfits like below...

go on and give it a try!

love you too PV!

i was featured on the official polyvore blog again in their 'love letters' section! Yay! the first time was here - this time its here for my recent peacock abaya set. i love polyvorying! dont you?

real life hijabi #29

seventeen year old Nisrine is the next real life hijabi. she hails from amsterdam, is of moroccan descent and wants to share her style with us...

love the cute sandals - looks like someone is on holiday (im totally jealous)...

love the look of this outfit...

very summery and breezy...


chilling on the... is it a train? is it a bus?

love the bright floral maxi and plain white hijab...

whats your fav look?

one item - three ways

this brown skirt is available here for £50 (AU$100). its pleated ruffles are so cute and add just a touch of femininity to what would be an otherwise boring skirt. its slightly chequered and comes in a nice deep purple as well.

here i have matched it three ways...
in neutral browns for a calm, collected chic look (just add some sleeves)...

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with gorgeous shades of green...

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and with the most vibrant shade of pink i could find...

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now you tell me... which is your fav?

SUPER-BABY.







arguably the sexiest woman alive, brazilian supermodel
adriana lima's ego is prego.

this woman has sex appeal seeping out of her flawless south american pores.

i don't know what it is about victoria's secret angels and their choices of men...
i mean heidi---------> seal?
adriana lima----------> marko jaric?
c'mon now...

the two were engaged & married after just 6 months of dating.
marko must have realized it wouldn't be long before adriana realized
just how sexy she really is.

i mean seriously is this dude cross eyed?
was he just starring so intensely at her perfectly perky knockers one day and they
just got stuck like that?
no one knows.

hopefully the baby gets mama's looks and daddy's....
nothing? :x

ps. let's be honest. adriana if you come to your senses and leave your fugly
baby daddy. i will probably go lez for you and father your child. just throwing that out there.

moving on up..







yay my interview went awesome today,
and if things work out in terms of timing/internship requirements
you're looking at the girl in charge of ProScout's national blog :)

feel free to check out what its like so far:

ProScout is an awesome company who brings together 52 of the biggest agencies
 from around the world (including: FORD, IMG, dna, elite, CLICK, just to name a few...) all together under one roof in some of the nation's hottest cities for weekend long event workshops.

The weekend ends Sunday with a big fashion show in which all participants walk in front of the agents in hopes to receive call backs.

The event itself costs a pricey $700 and attendants can receive anywhere from 0-52 call backs.

It's really an amazing opportunity for anyone looking to get "discovered".

ProScout is responsible for scouting faces including Hilary Rhoda (named the next top model of the world my vogue magazine in 2007) and has modeled for everyone from Chanel, Balenciaga, Valentino, Louis Vuitton, YSL, and about 30 more!, Jason Shaw (perhaps most famous for being engaged to Paris Hilton, barf) but on a good note he did rock it in the fashion industry and pose for Tommy Hilfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch, Chanel & Valentino. Sexy Sexy Sexy. One last example of ProScout's amazing discoveries is Nate Parker. Parker has starred alongside none other than Denzel Washington and Forrest Whitaker in the Great Debaters and than the phenomenal predominantly African American cast in The Secret Life of Bees starring Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, and then little Dakotah Fanning of course.

Can't wait to get my blog on ;)

catch swine flu, stay for free!





many mexican hotels are offering seasonal specials,
only this year's incentive is just a little bit different...

several mexican resorts are advertising free stays for tourists 
who catch the swine flu while vacationing there!

yes, you read that right.

in an attempt to restore confidence and stability in the one-time
tourist friendly destination hotels are doing all they can including cutting
their average nightly-rates by up to 40%.

average bookings have dropped nearly 83%

IS SWINE WORTH A FREE VAYCAY?!!
hmmmmm...

gosselin gang

no worries gosselin-lovers,
it looks like this family has pulled itself together
and got the strength to come out on top......

of the ratings for their national TLC reality show anyways.
their season opener brought a network topping 9.8 million viewers
to their televisions to watch the couple as they notoriously bump heads
and struggle to keep their octo-clan up and running.

the highly anticipated new episode comes after weeks of multiple speculation 
of infidelity from husband jon gosselin with a much younger elementary school teach,
as well as kate with the much older and very married body guard.

what exactly will happen with the couple is still unknown,
and the main focus of the episode was based around the sextuplets
turning 5-years-old.

good luck gosselins :)
i love you all,
minus bratty maddie.




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yay for curves!

i love when designers use average sized girls. most of the times i see abayas being modelled, they are being worn by girls who are the typical 'model' size - very skinny - all bones and no meat. and while that may be helpful for the naturally skinny girl, the reality is that most of us are bigger and curvier. so when i came across these abayas being modelled i was like "yay for curves!" its great to see an abaya being modelled on a girl with healthy curves. it gives the average girl a better idea of how the piece will look on her.

because half the time when an abaya has decorations on the bust, it is usually modelled on a girl who is very thin and usually quite flat chested, so when it comes to shopping - the girls who have a little bit more than a slight bump in that area will have no idea how it is going to look on them. and besides that - i love that a curvy woman is showing off the abaya. i wish more muslim designers would use models that are closer to the average sized woman.

Fashion show at Opium Hard Rock Hollywood featuring Betty Bangs and ROCK BANDS by Lee Dahlberg...

ummm.. NO

i love the colours, i love the fluffy balls and think its damn cute... but would i wear it as hijab? Umm... NO. would you?

formal peacock abaya style

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i love sex. i don't like traffic, but i really hate sex trafficking.


you hear about it all the time. 
you see it on the news.
its rapped about in songs and portrayed in box office topping films,
but it is still hard to really grasp the fact that sex trafficking
still takes place and is largely plaguing a massive amount of our society.

one of the world's most hush hush countries for women sex trafficking 
is: the Ukraine.

the Ukraine is currently one of the largest exporters of women into the international sex industry. over 100,000 women (many minors) have been trapped, forced into enslavement, and prostitution. perhaps the biggest 'blunder' of all is that many of these women are allured into the industry under false pretenses for example, "advertisements for high-paying housekeepers, dancers, or models." that is sickkk. 80% of women who go abroad from the corrupt country are stripped of their passports and violently forced into prostitution.

this is a flashback to the movie "taken" with liam nielson, but it based off of unfortunately true information.

on a positive note many feminist groups have joined together
in the fight to free these women of their current harsh conditions.
mmmmhm$&*($&# GIRL POWER.


sexy modelizer; erin wasson








my number one style icon of the moment is drum roll please;
SUPERMODEL ERIN WASSON

the lovely erin was born back in '82 in texas
and has had quite the success in the fashion industry.
gracing a variety of covers ranging from french, german, spanish, and
australian vogue, flair, numero, allure, esquire (vamping up her sexier side), 
and elle wasson's gorgeous face has been plastered all over the world.

she has walked runways for balenciaga, armani, cavalli, gucci & karl
lagerfeld; not to mention she made a cameo in the annual victoria's secret fashion show back in 2007. 

She's also landed campaigns for Michael Kors, Rolex, Tiffany & Co., J. Crew, Levi's, H&M, and the Gap.

Perhaps the most iconic role of her career was landing the face of William Rast opposite Justin Timberlake. The two play a couple (J. Timberlake playing Mister Rast who have just committed a crime and are on the run for the po-lice, but have time to spare for steamy makeout seshes). I bet Jessica Biel was supper jealous to have her beau kissing the lips of this sexy broad. 

Erin has taken a step aside from modeling to style for international stylist Alexander Wang. 

She now has a jewelry line of her own called Lowluv and is collaborating with RVCA for her own fashion line-- Erin Wasson x RVCA.

She's sex on a stick.
Her style is killer.
Her career is skyrocketing.

Who wouldn't wanna trade places with the lovely Wasson?

runway abaya style (& some almost abaya style)

here lies a small mass of pics i have scooped up and gathered into my lap from a source i shall name as the internet. some are very 'abaya' while others are what i class as 'the almost abaya', which means it could very well be abaya if a slit here was sewn up or if it was worn looser. lets take a look shall we....
an abaya like gown from the terexov runway

two gucci abaya like pieces, easily fixed with a long hijab and some arm coverage

a reem acra gold & blue caftan style gown

former ANTM judge - paulina porizkova in an apricot flowing dress

a max mara design in bright purple



kate moss in black / jlo in a damn fine colour

bill blass horizontal striped gown / an olsen twin in white (with some guy staring at her behind)

like i said before - long abaya like gowns are starting to catch on in hollywood & the runway - now we just have to sit back and wait for them to start popping up in stores.

tell me - which would you wear?