Olive green abaya for everyday wear

How the olive green reads, in daylight and indoors

Olive Aura is the shade the collection started with, and it behaves differently in the two lights you will actually wear it in. In daylight it reads as a dusty, grey-leaning green, closer to a dry olive leaf than to bottle green, and the crepe texture breaks the colour up so it never looks flat. Under warm indoor light it drops much darker and takes on a velvet quality in the folds, which is why it photographs richer at a dinner than it looks at noon. It sits with warm neutrals rather than cool ones. A cream, camel, stone or black hijab all work with it; a bright white one fights it. Gold jewellery suits it far better than silver, because the yellow in gold picks up the same warmth the green is built on. It is the practical shade of the five for daily wear in dusty cities, since road dust and splash marks do not show on it the way they do on ivory. For occasions it is quiet enough for a daytime dawat and deep enough for an evening one.

Choosing a hijab tone to sit with it? Matching a hijab to your abaya colour works through every shade we make.

Keeping the olive green looking new

Olive holds its depth well, but strong sun over many hours will lift any mid-tone green. Dry it inside out in shade rather than on a sunlit line and the colour stays where it started.

Nida and crepe compared covers how each fabric washes and drapes, and the full washing guide goes fabric by fabric.

Olive Green Abaya: your questions answered