![]() ![]() “You have to be patient and queue up for ages when you go for a casting, but it’s all worth it when you get told that you have a chance to be part of such a massive show. “Walking for Molly Goddard was so eye-opening,” she muses. Abdi Omar’s first catwalk was actually during London Modest Fashion Week, where she got to walk alongside fellow Somali model Halima Aden, who became the first hijab-wearing high-fashion model on runways in New York and Milan.Īlthough the newcomer has had to practice walking up and down hallways in heels (and even cooking and cleaning in a pair of stilettos) and commuting from casting to casting, she is enjoying her Fashion Week experience. However, it wasn’t her first foray into runway modeling. The Somali beauty, who began her modeling career doing photoshoots for abaya and hijab brands, recently signed to Bookings Models on a whim before making her Fashion Week debut two days ago. “For instance, a young black Muslim girl can be proud to see someone that looks just like her, in the sense of skin tone and clothing, can make it to London Fashion Week.” “Having models from different races, religions, and backgrounds gives hope to younger girls,” Abdi Omar says to. With her glowing complexion and hazel eyes, Abdi Omar’s beauty would capture attention anywhere, but representing the oft-underrepresented Muslim woman in one of London Fashion Week’s most talked-about shows displays the industry’s ongoing pursuit to be more inclusive in recent seasons. When model Ikram Abdi Omar stepped out on the Molly Goddard Fall 2018 runway wearing her hijab, she instantly joined the ranks of the inimitable game-changing women who are breaking the modeling mould.
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