Yeezy catwalker Halima Aden caught the world’s attention earlier this year as one of the first models on a major fashion runway in New York to wear a hijab. But this summer, as she moves from magazine shoots to judging Miss USA alongside Ashley Graham who is a host, fashion watchers are likely to notice another staple of her everyday style: the baati, a classic cotton dress from her ancestral home of Somalia that often costs less than $20.
Though it’s a sort of housedress, de...
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The Baati
Dress
Proves That Modest Fashion Can Be Liberating
It’s bold, it’s effortless, it’s $20—and for Somali women, it’s so much more.vogue.com