Bejeweled shawls, slippers, kaftans and
djellaba are also available.
HE WEARS IT WELL Rod in a
djellaba with Penny in her leopard print dress and hat
He saw a woman in a black scarf swathed about her head and a blue
djellaba that picked up the wind.
By the 1960s the first generation of fashion designers emerged, who appreciated that women leading modern lives could not and would not wear the large, thick, heavy traditional clothes such as the
djellaba (hooded robe) that restricted their movement, and were too hot as well.
La couverture du livre en temoigne d'ailleurs: Brel avec une
djellaba et un tarbouche marocains.
In partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco, Moroccan National Tourism Office, HSBC, and Fairmont Makati, Rustan's launched "Le Coeur du Maroc," a month-long festival of any and all things Moroccan, from stylish accessories and the babouche to the elegant kaftans, which are the fancier versions of the traditional loose robes worn in Morocco called
djellaba, the fifth floor of Rustan's at Ayala Center, Makati will showcase them all for the month of August.
Though adaptations of everyday Moroccan clothing like the
djellaba, the jabador, and the burnoose made appearances in the silhouettes Saint Laurent sent down the runway--just as he adapted the Moroccan veil and turban in his haute couture--it was the vibrant hues of these nomad caftans that reminded the designer of Delacroix sketches and encouraged him to ease back on his signature black-and-white palette in favor of playing with Marrakech's vibrant color wheel.
At the same time, Al Hassani does not hesitate to blame Amazigh women to contribute to male "esclavisme" (86): women should not go to college, and must wear hijab and
djellaba (61-62); "la lluita pels drets d'un mateix comenca a casa" (84).
Neigh-bours said he chanted prayers in the street, while one filmed him putting out a wheelie bin in Fallowfield, Manchester, wearing a brown
djellaba with the hood pulled up over his head.