Hana Tajima

Hana Tajima was born in southwestern England in 1986 to an English mother and a Japanese father.^[2][4] She was raised as an atheist.^[5] As a teenager, Tajima read the Quran and converted to Islam at age 18, and adopted wearing the hijab.^[6][7] She began selling clothing online in 2010.^[2]

She later moved to upstate New York in the United States.^[8]

Tajima has designed clothing for the Japanese casual wear chain Uniqlo, and is known for her modest clothing designs.^[1]

In 2015, Tajima designed a line of hijabs and modest clothing for Uniqlo in Singapore.^[9][10] These were the first hijabs sold by Uniqlo.^[8] The line debuted in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, modelled by the Malaysian popstar, Yuna.^[11][12] The line debuted in the United States and the United Kingdom in February 2016.^[9][7]

A hijab designed by Tajima was featured in MoMa's 2017-2018 exhibition Items: Is Fashion Modern?.^[4] Her work has been featured in Vogue Arabia, Refinery 29, Elle, and Nylon.^{[13][14][1][15]}