Designing headscarves that can be worn for sports and play, Nike and Capsters are offering Muslim girls and women a practical alternative to the traditional hijab.
Created by young Dutch designer Cindy van den Bremen, Capsters are sleek head coverings made from comfortable, stretchy fabrics, and come in a variety of styles to match different activities and sports looks: aerobic, outdoor, skate and tennis. Covering a woman's head and neck as stipulated by Islamic or cultural tradition, they make it possible for women to participate in sports and physical activities without having to worry about their headscarves shifting.
Van den Bremen came up with the idea after learning that many Muslim girls were skipping gym classes because there wasn't a viable alternative to hijabs, which were deemed unsafe for sports activities. Capsters are priced from EUR 20-25, and are sold through the company's website.
A similar initiative in a different environment, Nike teamed up with the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) to develop sports attire for Somalian women in large refugee camps in Kenya. Nike worked with the women to design outfits that would let them play volleyball, while adhering to the cultural norm of covering up. Donating enough fabric for several hundred uniforms, Nike also taught a number of girls to make the outfits from locally produced fabrics. (Related article: P&G helping Kenyan schoolgirls.)
When Capsters' designer first showed her design to major sportswear labels, they expressed interest but told her the concept didn't fit their brands. A missed opportunity, and one that Nike – combining social entrepreneurship with product development – seems to be attempting to correct. As the emancipation of young Muslim women grows, sports and other clothing brands wil be able to tap into entire new markets. Hey, it's a big and diverse world out there!
Hiya! i am interested in purchasing the Capsters for the Muslim girls whish is designed by Cindy van den bremen, can you pass me information of the website i can get in contact with.
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hello, i am interested in the capsters as well as the complete sports outfit designed by Nike for volleyball. Can i get the contact details.
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Hi Olaide -- Thanks for your interest. You can find more information about Capsters here: http://www.capsters.com. I'm not sure where you'd be able to find the Nike volleyball outfits, since they were created specially for the project mentioned above. Have you tried contacting Nike?
Preserving the middle age. Where is the men’s hiyabs? Please free the women from this or put their men in the same. As a western woman knowing my parents hard work to free women and give them the same right, I am very disturbed by the spread of Islamic ideas in modern countries. In 50 years from now, western baby girls might be forced to wear this kind of prisons. Islamic demands increase very fast over the world. And, why kill animals for cosmetics? That’s haram because there are a lots of vegetable made cosmetics out there.
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