The new collection is officially out! Spring/Summer 2017, here we are and what a collection it is. As some of you may know, my sister and I run an abaya making business together. We make abayas for our label Barakah London. It's a brand we both co-founded where we make bespoke abayas for clients.

The Hooded Clothing Line

Have you ever had the frustration of having to layer clothing to make it more modest? And then you come across a beautiful top that you really want to get but decide not to because it has no sleeves? Well for all of you ladies nodding, this is a post for you and could even mean your solution!

Step Inside My Handbag (no seriously step inside!)

Step inside my handbag, no seriously, step inside! I was tagged by the lovely Twenty Five Star to do this handbag tag! Yay. Making a post with this title was bound to happen sooner or later so when I got tagged, just writing the title of this post got me really excited! (Can you guess why?)

Baby Zara Haul

I'm always looking forward to boxing day. It used to be about going out and shopping for myself but lately that's changed. I used to look forward to going out with my sister and we would go to our favourite shops to try to get the best bargains. One of our favourite shops was obviously Zara. Now that I've had kids though, I find myself buying from Zara kids' range more.

Party OOTD and Winner of Best Dressed!

Eid literally just finished for us, so you know what that meant? Second annual Celebrate Us event. Again, my Sister and I were invited for our brand Barakah London! This time though, we decided to have the stall instead of doing the runway as we wanted to interact with the customers more.

New Collection and 15% Discount!

Our new abayas have officially been released, yay! They are all up on the website now if you would like to purchase any www.barakahlondon.tictail.com. Eid just around the corner and we're having a 15% discount on all abayas! Yes all abayas when you sign up to our newsletter, it's the perfect time for you lovely ladies to stock up on some Barakah abayas.

OOTD For A Ladies Night Out

Not long ago, I attended a sisters gala called Celebrate Us. It was a ladies only event so for someone like me, who wears an Abaya, it meant I could wear what I want! The dress code was to dress up so everyone came in dresses and beautiful gowns. (If you'd like to read about how the event went, I recently wrote a post on it which you can read about here.) I couldn't show you guys any pictures of me in my dress on the actual night so I thought I'd make a separate post of my outfit details so you guys can get an idea. Here's a little OOTD of what a wore.

Thamanyah-Because We All Love Stars

For those of you who have been following our latest collection, you'll know we have a new addition. And for those who don't know about our newest addition, I'd like to reveal, Thamanya. If you are a lover of stars, well then keep on reading because you'll love this Abaya. This lovely open style Abaya is just what you'll need for Summer. And with Ramadan and Eid just around the corner, you're bound to need a wonderful simple, statement Abaya to wear.

mini Zara Haul

Zara, pretty much my favourite shop I go to for clothes. Especially when there's a sale! Their sale's are amazing right?! This post isn't a sale haul though, just a haul of a very few selected buys. The basics that we all definitely need!

Instagram Giveaway!

Ladies we are doing an Instagram Abaya giveaway YAY!! We are giving away our beloved Wahid to one lucky sister, the abaya will be tailer made in her size. It's our classic drawstring Abaya with lace coming down one side and the back. 

DIY T-Shirt

For those of you who don't know already, I have a one year old son and I absolutely love dressing him up. Buying cute little t-shirts with prints or phrases is just a must (ladies with babies, you'll know what I'm talking about)! Any excuse to dress him up right? This time though, instead of just buying one I decided to make my own print on his t-shirt instead

Setta

Hey there, so another addition to our Barakah collection is Setta. This means six in Arabic. It's an open front farasha abaya with a silk, butter pink bias binding. The binding comes down the front and across the ties. The ties are there to give that fitted look. but it's still kept modest as they go inside the abaya at the back. This gives it that fitted but not tight look, especially on the hips at the back.

Say hello to Thalatha

Okay girls, so Thalatha is the latest addition to the Barakah collection. As all the other new pieces from the collection the abayas are named after Arabic numbers. Thalatha meaning 3. 

My First Blogpost

 Hi everyone, I'm brand new to this whole blogging thing. Not sure how to start this first post but here goes.

Let me just start by introducing myself, I am a young Muslimah, newly wed, Co. owner of a company called Barakah, for those of you who havn't heard of it, it's an abaya company run by my sister (owner of blog SheWasVain) and I, where we make our own abayas collection by collection for you lovely ladies to buy.

I chose the name StepInsideMyHandbag for this blog because it was the easiest way of me saying "step inside my life, if you want to see what I get up to" =].

And since we're on the topic of handbags, I just thought I'd give you guys a preview of a couple of my handbags and what goes on while I take photographs of them. 

Enjoy =}