Recently we brought you news of Nike’s new plus-size clothing line. Well now the famous sports brand is rolling out the next phase of its inclusive clothing range by creating this smart line of sports hijabs for female Muslim athletes. The range is called the “Nike Pro Hijab” and the garments are made from durable single-layer Nike Pro power mesh. The hijabs are the result of about a year of work, and the design phase included feedback from both professional and everyday hijab-wearing athletes.
“The Nike Pro Hijab may have been more than a year in the making, but its impetus can be traced much further back, to an ongoing cultural shift that has seen more women than ever embracing sport,” said Nike in a statement, according to Al Arabiya English. “This movement first permeated international consciousness in 2012, when a hijabi runner took the global stage in London,” referring to Sarah Attar, a Saudi Arabian athlete who ran the 800-metres at the UK’s 2012 Olympics. The line was also inspired by Amna Al Haddad, an Emirati female weightlifter who visited Nike’s Sport Research Lab and helped them to come up with a lightweight and breathable solution to the traditional version of the hijab.
The product was designed “as a direct result of our athletes telling us they needed this product to perform better,” said Global Nike Spokeswoman Megan Saalfeld, “and we hope that it will help athletes around the world do just that.”
The hijabs, which will come in dark, neutral colors, are expected to hit stores as soon as Spring 2018. (h/t: Al Arabiya English)
Nike has just created a smart range of sports hijabs for female Muslim athletes
The Nike Pro Hijabs are made from durable single-layer Nike Pro power mesh and will be released in Spring 2018
Nike worked on the design in collaboration with both professional and everyday hijab-wearing athletes
It “was designed as a…result of our athletes telling us they needed this product to perform better,” said Nike
“And we hope that it will help athletes around the world do just that”
The internet’s response was generally very positive
Not everybody was sold on Nike’s new idea however
