Modest fashion’s global turn
From Instagram to Paris catwalks, modest fashion is booming as the global Muslim market heads toward $433bn by 2028.
![Protesters hold placards which reads "Fast fashion, slow justice. Free Uyghurs, boycott Shein. Buying Shein is condoning and becoming complicit in this genocide" during a protest inside the first physical space of November 5, 2025 [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-05T132714Z_1138552387_RC2CQHA42AXI_RTRMADP_3_SHEIN-FRANCE-1762903625.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![People protest against the sale of child-like sex dolls by Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein during a demonstration in front of the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville, Le BHV Marais department store, ahead of the opening of Shein's fast fashion first permanent shop in Paris, France, November 3, 2025. The slogans on placards read "Shame on Shein!", "Shein is complicit in child pornography" and "BHV, your shop window shouldn't hide this shame". [Abdul Saboor/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-03T125452Z_554927572_RC20PHAHAU87_RTRMADP_3_SHEIN-FRANCE-SEX-DOLLS-1762256497.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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