Designer Anniesa Hasibuan walks the runway for the Anniesa Hasibuan collection during New York Fashion Week on February 14, 2017, in New York City. (Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP)
Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan shot to global fame last month after her Islamic fashion earned a standing ovation at New York Fashion Week. (Link to video we made on this)
She unveiled her second collection of Islamic clothing amid controversy over US President Donald Trump's recent executive order barring refugees and migrants from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Anniesa used immigrant models to showcase America's diversity, as she revealed her new collection.
Take a look at the highlights we've put together here.
“As you can see by my collection, wearing hijab means you can still be part of the latest fashion and can still be yourself,†said the 30-year-old designer to AFP. “I want to show the world that wearing hijab does not prevent me from being myself, from being elegant.â€
(AFP Photo/Neilson Barnard)(brl/red)
