https://www.scmp.com/rss/327681/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When you have to swim 3.8km (2.4 miles), cycle 180km and run a full marathon – all in succession – you dress as lightly as you can. Many elite athletes wear triathlon suits and very little else for races like the Ironman Triathlon. But for Nur Syahariah Jusoh, known as Nursya, her Muslim beliefs require her to wear a hijab. So that’s what she did when she entered the race last year, which lasted 14 hours in searing hot weather in Langkawi, Malaysia. It was no problem for the 43-year-old mother,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3107791/sports-hijabs-pushing-muslim-women-athletes-new-heights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3107791/sports-hijabs-pushing-muslim-women-athletes-new-heights?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:15:09 +0000 Raymond Lim Eng Sin, 39, puts on a black silk robe with ornate embroidery apparent on almost every surface. The sleeves are wide, like a kimono. A motif of a crane, a Chinese symbol for high nobility, takes up the top half of the back. This isn’t a Shanghai Fashion Week runway showcasing a designer’s throwback pieces to sixth-century China. Lim isn’t an extra from a Cantonese period drama either. What he’s wearing is his uniform as a Taoist priest in contemporary Malaysia. Where most cultural... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3103012/chinese-funeral-clothing-what-people-wear-lavish?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3103012/chinese-funeral-clothing-what-people-wear-lavish?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Sep 2020 08:15:07 +0000 It’s normal for Hassan Muhammad* to put his life in danger. For the 25-year-old courier with Asian fashion e-commerce giant Zalora, it’s part of his job. From Monday to Friday, he makes the 35km journey from Zalora’s warehouse to his delivery area in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. He does this on his motorbike, dodging cars and 20-tonne buses on what the United Nations ranks as the sixth deadliest road system in Asia. And he has to do it fast. There are at least 40 packages to deliver... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3031822/fast-fashion-victims-couriers-working-long-hours-against?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3031822/fast-fashion-victims-couriers-working-long-hours-against?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:33:21 +0000 When Helina Mohd Noor decided to wear a hijab five years ago, she made sure she draped the shawl in a specific way: pinned tightly at the chin and with the material falling to her chest, the most common way worn by Muslim Malaysian women. It fit her faith’s requirements of modest dressing, revealing only her face, hands and feet. But in Malaysia’s hot and humid climate, it became a major physical discomfort, too. “For the first two years, I really struggled with this style,” says Noor, 36, a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3025500/sin-why-are-malaysias-turban-style-hijabs-so-divisive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3025500/sin-why-are-malaysias-turban-style-hijabs-so-divisive?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Sep 2019 00:15:07 +0000 A swish of foundation, a dab of lip tint on the cheeks and nose – Malaysian make-up artist Jia is prepping her model for a false-eyelashes product shoot. There’s little product, and even fewer sharp lines, but a lot of blending. “I really want her features to be enhanced by natural shadows,” Jia, who wants to be known only by her first name, tells the Post. This means no heavy contours or highlights. No filling of eyebrows with powder, pencil and concealer. No coloured contact lenses. No making... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3011641/why-western-beauty-ideals-and-instagram-face-rule?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/3011641/why-western-beauty-ideals-and-instagram-face-rule?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 May 2019 02:45:05 +0000 Lee Lian Kong Lee Lian Kong Melissa Chi, 30, remembers when her wardrobe was full of H&M clothing and accessories. After discovering the Swedish brand during an internship in Washington, the Singaporean, who runs an online healthy lifestyle store, quickly became a fan of its smart design, decent quality and affordable prices. Today, however, Chi rarely wears fast-fashion items, H&M or otherwise. Since she became a convert to sustainable living two years ago, she has learned just how damaging the fast-fashion industry is... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/2152687/why-fast-fashion-brands-hm-are-losing-millennial-customers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/article/2152687/why-fast-fashion-brands-hm-are-losing-millennial-customers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:45:15 +0000