{"id":993807,"date":"2021-11-10T10:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=993807"},"modified":"2021-11-10T10:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T15:13:35","slug":"italian-fashion-brand-benetton-launches-unisex-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/italian-fashion-brand-benetton-launches-unisex-hijab\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Fashion Brand Benetton Launches &#039;Unisex Hijab&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fitalian-fashion-brand-benetton-launches-unisex-hijab%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=993807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/unisex-hijab-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Italian fashion brand the United Colors of Benetton has released a new clothing line described as a unisex version of the Islamic veil known as the Hijab in partnership with an Italian-Tunisian rapper.<\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/world.benetton.com\/unisex-hijab-with-monogram-print-by-ghali-multi-color-34H5DA001_901.html\">Benetton hijab<\/a> is available in several different colours as well as a multicoloured version and bears branding from the Italian-Tunisian rapper Ghali, who is a partner with the fashion firm on the project.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The garment was revealed back in September at Milan fashion week, but has now been released for sale. Ghali, who is said to have designed the garment, commented on launch that, \u201cThe hijab is a unique garment that I absolutely wanted. There was no resistance from the company to include it in the collection. When I was a child, I was bullied at school, there was no one to represent me, whereas now it is normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the garment has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elperiodico.com\/es\/internacional\/20211101\/asombro-twitter-benetton-comercializa-hijab-12569054\">subject of discussion<\/a> in Spain for at least a week, it has now become a subject of intrigue in France, where there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/10\/12\/un-human-rights-committee-set-challenge-french-burqa-ban\/\">long history of controversy <\/a>over hijab and burqa wearing in the officially secular nation.&nbsp;According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnews.fr\/monde\/2021-11-09\/benetton-vend-un-hijab-unisexe-qui-ne-fait-pas-lunanimite-1147214\">report<\/a> from the French broadcaster CNews, the new unisex hijab has been heavily criticised on social media by some, including a member of President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s party Le Republique En Marche! (LREM).<\/p>\n<p>LREM MP&nbsp;Aurore Berg\u00e9 wrote on Twitter on Monday, \u201cthe inclusive hijab or identitarian madness,&nbsp;We first think of fake news because it seems crazy. But it\u2019s up for sale. The advantage? You do not have to buy it. And no longer go to Benetton.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9473684210526\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Council of Europe \u2018Freedom Is in Hijab\u2019 Twitter Campaign Dropped After French Backlash <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ak8ABjISdz\">https:\/\/t.co\/ak8ABjISdz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1456566711025557504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour, a conservative writer and television personality, stated that the garment represented \u201c\u2018Wokism\u2019 at the service of the Islamization of the Western world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zemmour has seen a surge of popularity in recent polling for the first round of next spring\u2019s French presidential election, with a poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/zemmour-widens-gap-over-le-pen-race-french-presidential-runoff-vote-poll-2021-11-09\/\">released this week<\/a> once again putting him in second place behind President Macron and in front of 2017 presidential runner-up Marine Le Pen.<\/p>\n<p>The release of the Benetton hijab comes among the human rights organisation Council of Europe withdrawing a poster campaign that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/05\/council-of-europe-freedom-is-in-hijab-twitter-campaign-dropped-after-french-backlash\/\"> celebrated and promoted the Hijab<\/a> that had the slogan \u201cBeauty is in diversity as freedom is in hijab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The campaign saw heavy criticism in France, where Youth Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-59149035\">Sarah El Ha\u00efry<\/a> claimed to have been shocked by the posters and claimed the message was contrary to France\u2019s secular society and values.<\/p>\n<p>Marine Le Pen also commented on the campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLP_officiel\/status\/1455511516019625997?s=20\">saying<\/a>, \u201cThis European communication in favor of the Islamist veil is scandalous and indecent as millions of women courageously fight against this enslavement, including in France.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201d It is when women remove the veil that they become free, not the other way around!,\u201d Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally (RN), added.<\/p>\n<h5><span><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian fashion brand the United Colors of Benetton has released a new clothing line described as a unisex version of the Islamic veil known as the Hijab in partnership &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-993807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}