Anniesa Hasibuan

 Anniesa Hasibuan is an Indonesian fashion designer who made her fist debut in London in March 2015. She has traveled to Europe and the United States to showcase her work. Recently she used the runway during New York fashion to make political statements. These statements stem from the rights and values threatened by the Trump administration. In a response to the targeting of Muslims in the US, she casted immigrants as all of her models. She also sent all the models down the runway wearing hijabs to continue her statement on Islamophobia. Hasibuan uses her vision on modest fashion as a tool to dispel the misconception that Muslim women are oppressed. "I'm here to show the world that Muslim women have a lot of potential. I have passion. I have hobbies. I have something that I love so much to do. And fashion is one of the ways to actually express myself," she says. I think fashion shows are a great platform to make political statements, and that more designers should be doing it. I also think fashion itself is a great way to make statements.

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