Modest swimwear brand, scarf label among 9 local fashion brands chosen for incubator programme

Bibi Haneeza Said Akhbar, Owner of Graceful Swimmers, is a swimming coach since 2013. As a hijabi herself, she understands the challenges of the modest muslim ladies who may not want to swim due to the lack of appropriate swim suits. PHOTO: BERITA HARIAN
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SINGAPORE - Many Muslim women are hesitant to learn swimming because of the lack of modest swimwear options, swimming coach Bibi Haneeza Said Akbar found out.

This gave her the idea to start what she called an "accidental entrepreneurship" project in 2016 - her modest swimwear brand, Graceful Swimmers.

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