Hana Tajima Style

I'm wearing plain pashmina with Hana Tajima style. Beside me is hot mummy Haifa:). Thank you for you eyeliner tips dear!

Tea Party With Hana Tajima

Bestnya dapat berTea Party dengan Hana Tajima!! Jelessssss sangat. All participant memang meletops & da bomb la...

Untuk baca lagi tentang Tea Party ni klik gambar yer:)

Hana Tajima & Yuna Style

Tengah tengok-tengok gambar dalam simpanan, saya terperasan gambar Hana Tajima & Yuna ni..fesyen sama! Long dress dengan jacket bulu dan ditambah dengan talipinggang.

Ini jacket dari ZARA. Waistcoast Contrast Leather Shoulder Panel RM199.90 dan Square Neck Sheepskin Jacket RM299.00

Hana Tajima pakai Jersey Polo Neck Maxi Dress £35.00 dan Yuna pakai ZARA maxi dress (harga tak jumpa..)

An Interview With Hana Tajima by Hijab Style

Hijab Style Exclusive: Maysaa Interview

Today Hijab Style brings you an exclusive interview with the designer behind the UK's best up-and-coming modest fashion brand, Maysaa. A little while ago I met up with Hana Tajima-Simpson to chat about style, design and catering to the modest Muslim woman. And, as an extra treat for Hijab Style readers, there's a special discount on Maysaa pre-orders! Read on to find out more:

Jana: Tell us a little about yourself.

Hana: My name is Hana Tajima-Simpson, I'm 23, with a Japanese father and English mother. I have a pretty mixed background, both my parents are artists, so I grew up in a really creative environment. I didn't study fashion for that long, and although I am a self-confessed geek I never really got along with formal education. I didn't want to lose my love of designing, so I left the fashion course I was on. It's less of a contradiction than it sounds!

Jana: Take us through the journey of creating your own fashion label. How did it all start?

Hana: As long as I can remember I've been designing, even if was using my hand-operated heirloom of a Singer to patch pieces together. You can blame my husband and his incredible enterprising talent for turning the label into a business. It's a long, hard process; you have to work unbelievably hard for no money for a long time. I know I sound like a cynic, but it has to be an obsession, something you can't not do. Now that it's really real I'm still trying to get my head around it, I think I've been stuck in my studio for too long.

Jana: What's involved in creating a piece from start to finish?

Hana: It can start with something as small as a detail, fabric, or as abstract as an feeling. Something like feeling a dress hem fluttering around your feet. You wouldn't believe the hours I spend daydreaming or lying awake at night mentally exploring details and designs. If I get twitchy and excited then I'll start sketching. I always leave a design a little while before I come back to it, just to make sure I wasn't crazy the first time, I want every piece to look fresh even if I go back to it a hundred times. Then it's all the technical stuff, patterns, then samples. We've chosen an amazing team that help bring it all together, it's important, especially when you're working on production.

Jana: What do you think is missing from the modest fashion market that you're trying to cater for?

Hana: I think there's a lack of connection, and people are jumping to label and categorize things. I want to identify with a piece, to feel like it was made just for me, you can't do that if in your head you are designing for this or that 'target market.' A lot of times it just feels like a lack of creativity and imagination, it's that sort of 'copy, paste' design concept.

Jana: Do you prefer to wear your own designs, or do you still shop elsewhere?

Hana: I love to wear my own designs, really, I get that nervous excitement waiting for samples to arrive. The best thing is finding new ways to wear a piece, with a little styling you can create a look entirely different from what I had in mind when I designed it. But I don't think I'll ever loose the thrill of a perfect vintage find, and I'm still waiting to get my hands on a McQueen piece!

Jana: As a designer, how do you manage the fine balance between creating a stylish and fashion-forward piece, with modesty? Do you ever feel that one can compromise the other and how do you overcome that?

Hana: I have always found the vision of beauty in Islam incredibly inspiring. The thought that there can be a protection and practicality, but also a subtle, infinitely deep beauty in a garment is an incredible platform for creativity. The best design is when you can't separate the two elements; style and modesty. Compromise shows up in a design, it's not good.

Jana: Many clothing brands aimed at Muslim women tend to stick to a niche of 'Islamic fashion', rarely actively branching out to a non-Muslim clientele. Maysaa seems to be different in this respect. Can you tell us more about this?

Hana: I really give of myself when I design, so when someone feels a connection to one of my pieces they are identifying with something very personal. It's the same with any other creative process, you have to find your own truth that people can relate to. If you design to a particular clientele you rarely make that connection because people aren't that easy to define or categorise. Women have such beautiful complexities, and that should be celebrated not ignored. The label is a reflection of a very mixed background, I've tried myself to separate it out, but in the end it's just one of those things. I love that it's a bit of a puzzle to me.

Jana: What are your goals for the future?

Hana: Our aim has always been about developing our connection with charities, from the outset we decided that 10% of our profits would be split between 2 amazing organisations Children's Hope and MADE Africa. They work in two of the poorest places in the world (Bangladesh and Kenya) working to house, feed, clothe and educate children and keep them healthy. These children really deserve nothing less. In the future we'd like to set up our own projects too, being more hands on in finding and helping those who have been neglected or taken advantage of. As a label Maysaa is just a baby. In terms of the collection I think of these first pieces as essentials, the bones of a wardrobe. I'm fired up to really push myself as a designer. There are a lot of exciting things in the future of Maysaa, I want to keep the core fresh and innovative. Our main line is my passion, I don't ever want to lose sight of that, but there are big things in the pipeline!

Fesyen Tudung Bertopi

Sebelum ni saya ada share gambar Siti Nurhaliza dengan fesyen tudung bertopinya di Shout Award 2010. Saya juga jumpa beberapa gambar fesyen tudung bertopi ni. Dari dulu memang teringin nak pakai macam ni. Tapi rasa macam over la plak kan? :)

Hana Tajima
Heliza


Siti Nurhaliza

tapi ini rasanya bukan fesyen tudung bertopi..sebab tudungnya takde..hmmmm

Yuna vs Hana : LIVE FASHION/LOVE MUSIC the review # 2

Lagi gambar-gambar semasa event LIVE FASHION/LOVE MUSIC.

Yuna kata nak buat lagi di tempat yang lebih besar, dengan lebih ramai musician dan designer! WOWW!!

Semua gambar saya ambil dari www.yunamusic.com

Gambar paling saya suka :)

Tinggi betul Yuna ni kan...

Sepesen jer diorang ni pakai shawl kan?

Yuna vs Hana : LIVE FASHION/LOVE MUSIC the review

Saanngggaattttttt JELES tengok gambar-gambar mereka-mereka yang dapat pegi event LIVE FASHION/LOVE MUSIC ni...kenapa la saya baik sangat. tak amik emergency leave jer ari tu..dah nyesal!! huhuhuhuhuk!!

Gambar2 di atas diciluk dari facebook peminat2 Yuna. JELESnya!!

Bawah ni pulak, gambar saya ambil dari blog http://www.luvlyadreena.blogspot.com/

Thank dear sebab cepat upload citer pasal Yuna vs Hana ni :)

Door Gift. Masuk nih kena bayar ke free?

Maysaa Collections

Nice shot Adreena!

Tuan punya blog. Akak jeles tau!

Yuna vs Hana : LIVE FASHION/LOVE MUSIC

Pada 13 Dec 2010 telah berlangsungnya event gabungan Yuna & Hana.

Ini petikan dari web Hana d' designer:

Yuna ♥s. Hana

presents

LIVE FASHION / LOVE MUSIC
An event to fall in love.

With a live performance from Yuna

And introducing, from London to Malaysia

the new and unseen collection by www.maysaa.com
BLACK BOX

Live set by Yuna

Introducing Maysaa

The MAYSAA London fashion show
Limited space for approx 150.

First come, first serve so roll up early!
WHITE BOX

Meet and Greet

MAYSAA London collection preview

and more to come
Unlimited entry, just come meet us, get lost in a crowd of beautiful people!

Sangat teringin nak pergi, tapi keadaan tak mengizinkan. Mesti happening, tak sabar nak tengok updates pasal event ni. Sesiapa yang pergi, tolonglah cerita :)

Sangat comel mereka berdua ni, gabungan yang mabeles!!

Hahhahaha..memang comel!

LIVE FASHION/LOVE MUSIC invitation.
Yuna & Hana, Next time pleeeeaaasssseeeee buat lagi!!

Hana Tajima - Simpson : Designer bertudung yang meletops!!

Kenal tak Hana Tajima? Designer kacukan Japanese(her mom)+English(her dad) yang sangat cantik. Pakai tudung plak tu..tak meletops ke? Stylenya sangat cool.

Saya dapat tau pasal Hana Tajima ni pun bila member office tanya, pernah tengok www.maysaa.com tak? Dia yang bagitau designernya kacukan Japanese+English tapi beragama Islam. Saya terus zaasssss google pasal Hana Tajima. Terima kasih banyak Yati for you excellent information:)

Macam mana la dia lilit selendang dia kan?kan?

Gambar di bawah saya ambil dari www.stylecovered.com Hana Tamija's website.

Banyak cerita pasal projek dia dengan Yuna.

Check it out!

Banyak lagi gambar2 Hana Tajima ni..

Akan di upload lagi nanti. Tungguuuuuu!!! :)