nanoabaya

Combining arts and science, VCUarts Qatar fashion design student Noor Rashid Butt's designed an abaya using fabric that has been treated using nanotechnology. This “nanoabaya” absorbs vitamin D - rich light and blocks the sun‘s harmful rays in extreme summer climates, and has thermal insulating properties.

This design is part of a wider project, which aims to develop functional textiles with thermal, anti-bacterial, UV protection, self-cleaning, or water-repellent properties, a project overseen by Dr. Khaled Saoud, physics professor, and Christopher Fink, chair of fashion design at VCUarts Qatar.