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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY CLAIRE ROSEMBERG : "Top Designers try a revamp of Islamic abaya." - A model presents a creation of abaya - the traditional long black islamic overgarment - by international designers on June 25, 2009 in Paris. Unveiled the same week that French President Nicolas Sarkozy unleashed a storm across the Arab world for criticising the head-to-toe burka for women, the score of just-completed jazzed-up designer abayas are to be offered to the Saudi royal family. Lebanese organiser of the parade and general manager of Saks Fifth Avenue (Saudi Arabia) Dania Tarhini plans to have by September a selection of abayas on hand at the boutiques for between 1,500 and 1,800 euros. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP via Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY CLAIRE ROSEMBERG : "Top Designers try a revamp of Islamic abaya." - A model presents a creation of abaya - the traditional long black islamic overgarment - by international designers on June 25, 2009 in Paris. Unveiled the same week that French President Nicolas Sarkozy unleashed a storm across the Arab world for criticising the head-to-toe burka for women, the score of just-completed jazzed-up designer abayas are to be offered to the Saudi royal family. Lebanese organiser of the parade and general manager of Saks Fifth Avenue (Saudi Arabia) Dania Tarhini plans to have by September a selection of abayas on hand at the boutiques for between 1,500 and 1,800 euros. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE VERDY (Photo credit should read PIERRE VERDY/AFP via Getty Images)
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