{"id":3121,"date":"2016-03-10T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T20:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2016-04-07T16:54:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T20:54:03","slug":"sports-culture-new-soccer-jersey-has-built-in-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/sports-culture-new-soccer-jersey-has-built-in-hijab\/","title":{"rendered":"When Sports and Culture Collide: The New Soccer Jersey Has a Built-In Hijab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A sportswear company based in Denmark, Hummel International, launched a <span style=\"color: #d1308b;\">new soccer jersey with a built-in hijab<\/span> for Muslim women and members of Afghanistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s soccer team will now be able to choose whether or not to wear hijabs on field.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-03-07-1-1-1000x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-03-07-1-1\" width=\"558\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-03-07-1-1-1000x1024.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-03-07-1-1-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-03-07-1-1.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>This initiative will make it easier for Muslim women to play soccer or any sport really. The hijab is attached to the base-layer shirt so that it is up to the player if she wishes to wear the hijab portion or not.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Take a look at the photos. The new soccer jersey now means Muslim women who choose to wear a headscarf don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to avoid playing sports. Also, the company has designed it so <span style=\"color: #008000;\">it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s safer and less of a hassle <\/span>for women as hijabs are typically fastened with pins and have been difficult to keep in place during sports.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-14-56-11-1-1-1024x700.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2016-03-10-14-56-11-1-1\" width=\"573\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-14-56-11-1-1-1024x700.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-14-56-11-1-1-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-14-56-11-1-1.png 1332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><br \/>\nIt was only two years ago FIFA approved players wearing religious head coverage during games but this new sports jersey looks to not only keep players covered but comfortable.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>This isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the first time we have seen fashion collide with culture. <span style=\"color: #d1308b;\">Dolce and Gabbana<\/span> launched a line of hijabs and abayas earlier this year and <span style=\"color: #d1308b;\">Uniqlo<\/span> launched a collection of Kebaya and hijabs.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-36-1-1017x1024.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-36-1\" width=\"573\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-36-1-1017x1024.png 1017w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-36-1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-36-1-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-36-1.png 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_3123\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3123\" class=\" wp-image-3123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-30-1-995x1024.png\" alt=\"Dolce and Gabbana\" width=\"572\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-30-1-995x1024.png 995w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-30-1-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-01-30-1.png 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolce and Gabbana<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3125\" style=\"width: 583px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3125\" class=\" wp-image-3125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-02-33-1-1024x697.png\" alt=\"Uniqlo\" width=\"573\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-02-33-1-1024x697.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-02-33-1-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Screenshot_2016-03-10-15-02-33-1.png 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uniqlo<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>With <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">International Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day<\/span> just recently celebrated, this is another step <span style=\"color: #008000;\">towards gender equality and religious freedom.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #d1308b;\">P.S.<\/span> Hummel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brand mission statement is <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Change the World Through Sport.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>They certainly are.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a video with more information on the new Hummel collection.<\/h3>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OzkOyRqN268?rel=0\" width=\"590\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sportswear company based in Denmark, Hummel International, launched a new soccer jersey with a built-in hijab for Muslim women and members of Afghanistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s soccer team will now be able to choose whether or not to wear hijabs on field. This initiative will make it easier for Muslim women to play soccer or any<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[5,185,186],"class_list":["post-3121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion","tag-fashion","tag-hijab","tag-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3129,"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3121\/revisions\/3129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amindhillon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}