Prayer Wear for Muslim Women
Monday 2 April 2007
Muslim woman uses a praying attire that is made in accordance with certain rule, which is covering the whole body except face and both palms. Besides specially designed, its material and design tend not to change in a relatively long time.
Sometimes ago, carrying Prayer wear was a kind of lazy to do, although it is a must-to-bring stuff for the Muslims. It was not a handy stuff, it occupied the whole bag ’s compartment, and also made the bag heavier. But ever since light and handy prayer wear appeared, the laziness becomes reasonless. More than that it comes with if and praying-mat. It does not only need smaller place but is also pretty and stylish carry. Currently Prayer Wear follows the trend of fashion. People are no more satisfied merely with its fulfilled function and rule, but they start to take a look at its beauty and new details.
Producers must be creative and conscious to the up-to-date ”articles”. The merchants have to promote the high quality of their articles smartly with their competitive price. While the buyers are made to be attracted to many kinds of new trendy designs. Anyone would be proud to wear if it looks appropriate, up-to-date, and practical. And the trend of Prayer wear with its pretty pouch is interesting.
Getting prettier
Until the eighties, Prayer Wear were not really modified. They were mostly made of mori or linen or fabric that used for wrapping dead-body, looked like a piece of long robe with three holes, two for palms and fingers, another one for the face.
People liked it because it was the only design available and quite practical (especially for the elders), as well as s simple and needed only little textile that made it more affordable. Later on, two-piece Muslim Prayer Wear was in-style: the upper and lower part looked like skirt with drawstring replaced the earlier trend. This design was considered new among Muslim women such two-piece attire has been popular for a long time.
Now, there are various designs of Prayer Wear. Around the face-hole and the bottom are trimmed with decorations. First, it is trimmed with lace to make it prettier, then trimmed with a little embroidery and further getting larger embroidery. Flower or calligraphy embroidery trimmed all over the Prayer Wear.
Apparently people’s need and wish has no limit. Besides its beauty factor that cannot be forgotten, the easy to treat, easy to wrap or simple, as well as light Prayer Wear is the best choice.
A kind of polystyrene-fabric was made for the first time to make prayer wear. Apart from its easy-to-dry-up, no need to ironed, light, and can be press into a very small bundle, this kind of fabric is also colorful, not only white like the one used for wrapping dead-body.
Handy pouch
Polystyrene-fabric is light half-plastic and condensed fabric that sold in many textile shops in layered prices. And then colorful polystyrene Prayer Wear and its pouch with its various decorations and accessories can be found easily.
One of the characters of this polystyrene-fabric is light. It is so light that it cannot be neatly folded, because its fold will be easily loosen up, messy and clumsy. That is why this kind of Prayer Wear is equipped with a small size pouch, at least it fits the attire that is folded as small as possible.
Making and decorating Prayer Wear pouch becomes a kind of handicrafts. Because this pouch will be carried around which means it can be directly seen. Now Muslim Prayer Wear pouch becomes a distinctive article that needs creativity to make it.
Its size, form, color combination, also material and decoration, various embroidery yam, plastic pearls, beads, cotton flowers, ribbons, are parts of Prayer Wear design, sometimes it accompanied by a praying mat made of similar fabric. For sure, now these tiny and pretty pouches contain polystyrene Prayer Wear are still the best choice.