Product: "Burqini" in a Modest Fit
From: Ahiida - www.ahiida.com
Price: $126.00
Pros
It's very comfortable, the material is 100% Polyester so it's very light to wear! My favourite part of the swimsuit is the ties that are located at mid-calf length - they tie onto the separate shirt which means the shirt doesn't lift up when you're swimming. There are also ties at your feet which means that the pants don't flap around at the end when they're wet. I also love the colour, the photo above makes it look almost black but mine is a dark blue. Here is a pic of the ties on the shirt:
And at the feet...
Another thing that I love is the fit of the top. There are a few cons which I'll address but on the whole, it just drops down from the chest so it doesn't cling to your body. However, you would need to get a Modest Fit as I did, a slim-fit suit would cling a bit more I think. I also found that while swimming, I could simply tug on the bottom of the suit and it would become baggy again which was great when getting out of the water! You can see here that it just goes straight down, the only bump there is the ties sticking out after doing them up.
The instructions included were also great, it was a really professional bundle! I would be disappointed if it wasn't though tbh.
Cons
I obviously don't have the photos of the cons, but my main thing is that the chest area doesn't really give much to women that have regular or larger busts. But I think this is due to the design of the shirt - the hijab itself is attached, meaning that it just falls straight from the neck to below the knee (on me, anyway). It felt really weird to walk around with it at a deserted beach at first - no one was there but I didn't feel adequately covered at the chest area so wore a pashmina over it. That's the biggest con for me and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I am the type of person to wear jeans and a knee length jacket w/ hijab so it was a bit different at first.
The cap itself also took a bit of getting used to, in the beginning I felt like I wasn't wearing a hijab because of how light it is lol! The design is great though and it was hilarious hearing water slosh around in it when I was swimming in really strong waves.
I also think that the sleeves are a bit tight. I would've preferred the design of the shirt to be baggy at the shoulders, to imitate the look of having a big shirt & smaller undershirt because that would just let everything fall a bit better.
The thigh areas were also a bit too tight/revealing BUT this doesn't actually matter because the top is below the knee for a Modest fit on my frame, 163cms. The good thing about that is that it makes sure that the pants don't slip AT ALL :)
Overall
Price: $126 is a fair price for the swimsuit, considering that good swimmers here in Australia (1 piece or 2 pieces) are often $80 and up.
Comfort: 9/10! Great for swimming, only drawback being the ties on the feet need to be adjusted every now and again which is normal.
Coverage: 6/10 - I won't be wearing this at very public beaches, that's for sure, but it does the best it can for quiet areas with non-mahrams not present.
The swimsuit itself is amazing. It's such a great innovation and I'm really happy that it's available. In saying that, I don't plan to wear it in really public places as I'm still not 100% comfortable with the fit at the chest and don't believe a larger size would fix that. I think I will just continue with what I've been doing, which is swimming at very quiet beaches (not recommended if you are in a rough area though, remember the flags Aussies lol) and private pools in gym complexes that are almost deserted during the day. A great fix for someone conscious would be to simply wear a longer Al-Amira over the cap, something that I do want to do but I only have a black one which would look quite funny on my blue suit lol. I would recommend it to others but only as long as they were OK with either wearing an al-amira or the way the fabric falls naturally.
Have you ever worn a "burqini" or similar?
6 comments:
i was waiting for this. jazakallah ellen :) just one more question if u dont mind: what size r u normally and what size did u end up ordering. i cant decide
I've been wondering what their swimsuits were like. I had purchased one in Singapore a few years ago and the headpiece part was a separate piece that you could tie to secure it and then pants was like a jump suit inside (i.e. you have to step into it and it's sleeveless) and then you put on the loose fitting top. So if the top came up, it wouldn't matter because you had a jumpsuit on underneath! I got that for $60 SGD. But I would prefer the headpiece to be connected because the one that I had just kept floating up, so I'd have this round frill around my neck when my head was bobbing above the water, lol!
MashAllah!
Salaam Gonul I'm a size 10 and ordered a Modest Fit in a 10-12 (classified as a medium).
XoXo that's a good idea! I like the sound of the long top. But I know what you mean about the bits floating lol! Sometimes the shoulders would float which made me feel like I was wearing a life jacket hahahaha.
Anon :)
I want one but I can't swim! lol~ Some of my friends have 'em, and they find it really comfortable. One tip they gave me was to buy a size bigger. :)
Salam :) i have a dark purple one from Ahiida in the same size. I think we are the same size and i agree about it being a bit tight in areas. It does cling to you when you get out of the water so i try to get out when no one is really around otherwise ill just tug at the bottom until i can get to my towel and wrap that around me. I really like that idea about an Al Amira hijab to go with it. I might try that next time, inshaAllah.
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