Hijarbie showcases various high-fashion but modest outfits - all complete with a headscarf - and has more 12,000 followers.

The account is the brainchild of Nigerian student Haneefah Adam, 24, who makes all the clothes herself.

The 24-year-old, who is also launching a modest lifestyle brand called Hanie, designs and sews the Barbie's outfits inspired by popular Muslim fashion bloggers such as With Love Leena and Habiba Da Silva.

Speaking to Buzzfeed, she said: the outfits were inspired by the normal every day look of the 'hijabi girl'.

Haneefah said: 'Hijab means modesty to me and it's my unique identity. It's my crown and it represents my own personal control over the way I want to be seen.
'Not leaving out the fact that it's a religious induction.'

She explained on Instagram that the dolls weren't yet racially diversified because of the difficulty of finding different types of Barbies in Nigeria.

She said she'd 'love to dress up a black doll' and had placed an order for them to be shipped from overseas - but in the meantime she decided to start with what she had.

She told her Instagram followers that she is in the process of building a website and producing the clothes she's made for the Barbie so that they can be sold.

(Pics - Daily mail )