Hana Tajima
British fashion designer
Hana Tajima-Simpson (born 1986) is an English–Japanese visual artist, blogger, model, and fashion designer. She is best known for her frequent collaborations with the Japanese clothing store Uniqlo.
Early life
Hana Tajima was born in southwestern England in 1986 to an English mother and a Japanese father. She was raised as an atheist. As a teenager, Tajima read the Quran and converted to Islam at age 18, and adopted wearing the hijab. She began selling clothing online in 2010.
She later moved to upstate New York in the United States.
Career
Tajima has designed clothing for the Japanese casual wear chain Uniqlo, and is known for her modest clothing designs.
In 2015, Tajima designed a line of hijabs and modest clothing for Uniqlo in Singapore. These were the first hijabs sold by Uniqlo.
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