text: Religious needs are complicating fashion - Opinion - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH
  Religious needs are complicating fashion
  I respond to the Aug. 17 Dispatch article "Faith vs. fashion," regarding the difficulties of finding appropriate-yet-exciting Muslim clothes in Columbus.
  It is enough that we already have petite, junior, misses, women, maternity, career and athletic styles. Now there seems to be a clamoring for a religious-garb section? Do we have a section for nuns?
  The accompanying photograph showed Farah Arman shopping at Target with a mural behind her with all four models coincidentally totally covered up, but it is not enough. She wants to be catered to because of her faith.
  I am not Muslim but, surprise! I dress stylishly yet modestly at the grand age of 60. It sometimes can be a challenge because the designers have not kept up with the baby boomers' needs and you have to paw through a fair amount of Britney Spears-style clothing, but c'est la vie. I would advise the women in the article to do most of their shopping in the winter and get in a supply of long-sleeved colorful turtlenecks and black wool tights, because that will get everything covered. This is their choice, after all.
  Also, if there is a potential here for large amounts of profit to be made, perhaps a Muslim store for ladies could be opened. As for the "modesty" that Muslim men abide by, I was amused that for some reason, their arms and legs are asexual and thus can be exposed, flexing biceps and all, as long as the area between the navel and knees are covered. Let's hope so.