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Issue 12 — The Linen Issue is out now

Abaya and dress on forms in the studio

Issue 12 · Autumn

Modern modest wear, cut in Jeddah

The Linen Issue

Eleven looks for the in-between season, photographed in our Riyadh studio.

  1. InterviewThe tailor who dresses Riyadh
  2. GuideFive ways to wear one abaya
  3. EditBags that go from desk to dinner

In this issue

Read, then shop

Linen kimono abaya

FabricSep 20266 min read

Linen, honestly: how it ages

We wore the same kimono abaya for ninety days. Here is what happened to the fabric.

StylingSep 20264 min read

The satin column, three ways

AccessoriesAug 20263 min read

A tote that earns its keep

The edit

Shop the cover looks

Shop all looks
Crepe abaya on a form
Crepe abaya on a form

Interview

“A seam should disappear”

Master tailor Faisal Al-Omari on thirty years of cutting abayas.

What do most people get wrong?

Buying for the hanger, not the shoulders.

Your favourite fabric?

Crepe. It forgives and it falls.

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