I’ve had it!  Buying modest clothes is IMPOSSIBLE and too EXPENSIVE!

I’ve been trying for years now to build a wardrobe of long shirts, very loose pants, skirts, and jilbabs, but it just ain’t happening!  After all this time I have a bunch of mismatched items that cost me a fortune.

I tried once to sew my own clothes, because I couldn’t find what I was looking for in the stores for a reasonable price, but that was disastrous.  The hemlines on my skirts were crooked, and I looked like I was wearing a bag.  Then I tried having a “professional” tailor sew me some skirts in Pakistan, and that was even worse.  The materials looked all wrong and the buttons and zippers were breaking off left and right.

So I’ve tried scowering malls and stores in Muslim-populated areas (ie, Dearborn, MI) but everything is either way too expensive or extremely tacky.

Recently I’ve tried shopping online, but foreals… 50 dollars for a skirt for a CLEARANCE skirt at shukronline.com?  Okay, maybe once or even twice is okay because I was looking in malls for so long for a nice long skirt.  But after that?  I can’t afford to drop $80 for a shirt and a skirt.  I’m not made of money… I’m a teacher for crying out loud.

Why does it have to be this way?  Why isn’t it easier for Muslim girls (of all shapes and sizes) to find modest loose clothing at a reasonable price?  Am I really asking for too much?  If you go to any regular mall, a pair of pants on sale might cost you $20, but are you ever going to find a normal skirt for that amount?  Tshirts and tank tops fly off racks for $5 in the summer, but just finding a long sleeve loose shirt is like looking for a needle in a hay stack.  Don’t get me started on the designer prices! (I think most designers realize that modest clothing is actually classy, so they’re interested in making modest clothes… at $100+)

Dah!  All I want is to dress modestly, why does it have to be sooo FRUSTRATING!!!!!