--- title: Halima Aden Milan Fashion Week Max Mara Alberta Ferretti description: See pictures of Muslim model Halima Aden walking the runway at Milan Fashion Week's Max Mara and Alberta Ferretti. canonical: https://time.com/4680868/halima-aden-milan-fashion-week-shows/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-23T20:25:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:39:10.383Z og:title: Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Debuts at Milan Fashion Week og:description: Alongside Gigi Hadid og:url: https://time.com/4680868/halima-aden-milan-fashion-week-shows/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b0eecc0e85d96d/6988bba14dd215d06cefde3e/halima-aden-mfw.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FASHION-ITALY-WOMEN-MAX MARA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Debuts at Milan Fashion Week twitter:description: Alongside Gigi Hadid twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b0eecc0e85d96d/6988bba14dd215d06cefde3e/halima-aden-mfw.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Debuts at Milan Fashion Week  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Feb 23, 2017 8:25 PM UTC  US-Somalia model Halima Aden presents a creation for fashion house Max Mara during the Women's Fall/Winter 2017/2018 fashion week in Milan, on February 23, 2017\. / AFP / Miguel MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images) US-Somalia model Halima Aden presents a creation for fashion house Max Mara during the Women's Fall/Winter 2017/2018 fashion week in Milan, on February 23, 2017\. / AFP / Miguel MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images)MIGUEL MEDINA—AFP/Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Feb 23, 2017 8:25 PM UTC Muslim model [Halima Aden](http://motto.time.com/4674453/muslim-model-kanye-west-nyfw/), 19, who made history for [wearing a hijab and burkini](http://motto.time.com/4583400/halima-aden-miss-minnesota-usa-hijab-burkini/) to the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, is now making waves at Milan Fashion Week. The model, who [inked a contract](http://fashionista.com/2017/02/first-hijabi-img-model-halima-aden) with IMG earlier this month, [walked alongside](http://www.elle.com/fashion/news/a43261/hijabi-model-halima-aden-milan-fashion-week/) Gigi and Bella Hadid for [Alberta Ferretti](http://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2017-ready-to-wear/alberta-ferretti) on Wednesday. “Embracing culture and diversity to break norms and change the thinking of modern-day fashion,” the Instagram account for Alberta Ferretti captioned a photo of Aden [in the show](https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ0jZK4D5J%5F/?taken-by=albertaferretti).  MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Model Halima Aden walks the runway at the Alberta Ferretti show during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017/18 on February 22, 2017 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pietro D'aprano/Getty Images) Pietro D'aprano—Getty Images On Thursday, she [strutted down the catwalk](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/feb/23/halima-aden-milan-fashion-week-hijab-muslim-girls-can) at Max Mara, which also featured [_Vogue_ cover girl Liu Wen](http://motto.time.com/4664340/ashley-graham-us-vogue-cover/). The appearances follow [Aden’s New York Fashion Week debut](http://motto.time.com/4674453/muslim-model-kanye-west-nyfw/) at Kanye West’s Yeezy show.  MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 23: Halima Aden walks the runway at the Max Mara show during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017/18 on February 23, 2017 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images) Victor Boyko—Getty Images “It’s unbelievable,” Aden [told _People_](http://people.com/bodies/muslim-miss-usa-contestant-kanye-fashion-show/) about walking in West’s show. “I never thought that I would see a hijab-wearing model walking in such a prestigious event, but it makes it even more exciting that it was me.” \[[H/T _the Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/feb/23/halima-aden-milan-fashion-week-hijab-muslim-girls-can)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4680868/halima-aden-milan-fashion-week-shows/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4680868/halima-aden-milan-fashion-week-shows/"},"headline":"Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Debuts at Milan Fashion Week","datePublished":"2017-02-23T20:25:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:39:10.383Z","description":"Alongside Gigi Hadid","url":"https://time.com/4680868/halima-aden-milan-fashion-week-shows/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b0eecc0e85d96d/6988bba14dd215d06cefde3e/halima-aden-mfw.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt11b0eecc0e85d96d/6988bba14dd215d06cefde3e/halima-aden-mfw.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FASHION-ITALY-WOMEN-MAX MARA","caption":"FASHION-ITALY-WOMEN-MAX MARA","creditText":"MIGUEL MEDINA—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4680868/halima-aden-milan-fashion-week-shows/","name":"Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Debuts at Milan Fashion Week"}}]}] ```