Modest Models
The article was written about a rather personal and pretty interesting topic. Underwraps is a fashion designing company that was started by Nailah Lymus, an American Muslim living in Brooklyn. The article covers what its like running a Muslim modeling agency centered around modesty (which in fashion isn’t too common). The article was written by Judith Thurman, a writer since 1987 and joined The New Yorker in 2007. She’s even written en essay that landed itself in the 2003 edition of “The Best American Essays” Series. She has written a number of pieces on fashion, highlighting profile pieces of couturiers like Yves Saint Laurent and Coco Chanel.
This well crafted article is written in a universally accepting fashion, welcoming all lovers of fashion and style. The point of the article was to show that there is a way for women to be fashionable while also dressing modestly (In our community, women are just as big on fashion as any other. I can personally attest to this). The audience is then revealed to be anyone who would disagree with this gracious truth, providing them with both success stories and photos proving that unique and personalized style is universal.
As far as rhetorical devices go, this article was pretty light on them. It was more like an interview of the two women who founded the agency. Not much wit, not anything that unique in the mood or tone sections either.
The author’s purpose when writing this text was clear. Thurman wanted to put the popular stigma with Muslim women front and center and discuss it in the open. She wants to show that women can be hijabis yet still dress elegantly and beautifully. One of the strongest ways that she supports this claim is the beautiful array of models and photos that are shown throughout the article in between paragraphs. They are the perfect complement that truly drive the point home, a claim is nothing without proper evidence.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/19/modest-models
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