Modest fashion and hijab photography without a photoshoot

You get on-model photos of modest clothing by uploading a flat photo of the garment and turning on Hijab Mode, which tells the generator to put a hijab on the women model it dresses. There is no photoshoot, no model booking and no separate modest-fashion product — it is a switch inside the normal create flow.

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How modest styling works in Tryly

You turn on Hijab Mode once in Settings. From then on, every photo you create on a women model is generated with a hijab instruction attached to that model, and a switch in the create flow lets you drop it for a single photo.

1. Turn on Hijab Mode in Settings. It is one toggle, saved against your account rather than against a single shoot. The settings screen states plainly what it means: hijab on, and all women models will wear a hijab.
2. Upload the garment photo. Drop in the flat-lay, hanger or ghost-mannequin shot of the abaya, dress or top, and say what the piece is — Full Outfit, Top Only or Bottom Only — so the model is dressed around the garment.
3. Choose a women model. The hijab instruction is only applied to women models. Pick one from the AI clothing model library or upload your own person.
4. Leave the hijab switch on, or drop it for one photo. With Hijab Mode on, the per-photo switch appears in the create flow already set to on. Turn it off and that one photo is generated without a hijab; the switch returns to on the next time you open the page, so the default never quietly drifts.
5. Generate. The instruction is appended to the model’s own character description before the image is made: the model wears a hijab covering her hair and neck, the fabric drapes naturally and in a modern way that complements the outfit, and her face stays fully visible and uncovered.
6. Repeat for the rest of the collection. The same setting applies to flat-lay on-model photos and to Collections, where the hijab choice is written down per item when the collection is created and then used for every generation in the batch.

Resolution comes from your plan, not from Hijab Mode. Every plan lists 2K photos, and 4K Ultra Quality is a per-photo option: one extra credit on Starter and Premium, included on Ultra and Max.

Two exceptions are built in on purpose. Hijab styling is applied to women models only, and it is switched off in Hats mode, because there the hat is the product being shown.

What you can shoot this way

Anything you can lay flat, hang or put on a ghost mannequin: abayas, hijabs and headscarves, modest dresses, long-sleeve tops, maxi skirts and layered looks.

It is not only clothing either. Shoes, bags, watches, jewellery, glasses and scarves go on models the same way, and on those product pages the hijab switch is available wherever a woman is actually shown wearing the item.

What your input photo needs

A plain, well-lit photo of the garment on its own, with the whole piece in frame. A phone camera is fine. You do not need a studio, a lightbox or a photographer.

Lay the garment flat, hang it, or shoot it on a ghost mannequin. Any of the three works. What matters is that the garment is the only thing in the picture: a plain floor, a white wall or a sheet is better than a busy rail, and nothing should crop off the edge of the frame. With a floor-length abaya that is worth checking twice — a hem cut off at the bottom of the photo is a hem the model has to be given from nothing. Even daylight beats a hard flash, because a strong shadow across an embroidered panel can come back as a smudge.

On the file itself the requirements are loose. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, HEIF and AVIF are all accepted, up to 50 MB per image. Anything under roughly 1024 pixels on its shortest edge will still upload, but you get a warning that a higher-quality photo gives a better result, because detail the input never captured cannot be added later.

Where it struggles

Fine detail is where to look most closely. Small print and embroidery, sheer layers, the exact drape of a headscarf and precise colour are the things to check at full resolution before you publish, and every retry costs a credit.

Printed text and fine embroidery are the first things to check. A word across a chest panel or a thin line of thread down a cuff can come back subtly wrong — a letter reshaped, a motif simplified. Open the photo at full resolution and read every word and trace every motif before you publish anything with lettering or embroidery on it.

Fabric that is not opaque is the second problem, and modest fashion uses a lot of it. Chiffon overlays, mesh sleeves and lace panels have to be rendered against a body the flat photo never showed, so the drape and the amount showing through can be wrong.

The hijab itself is styling, not a copy of your product. The generator is told to drape it naturally and keep the face visible, but the exact fold, pin placement and length of a particular headscarf style are not something you specify. If the scarf is the thing you are selling, upload it as the garment rather than relying on Hijab Mode to reproduce it.

Exact colour is not guaranteed either. A specific black, or a particular shade of navy or sage, can drift between the flat photo and the on-model shot, which matters when the same colour has to match across a product page. Every attempt costs a credit, including the ones you throw away, so budget for retries. Run your most difficult piece first, on the free photos.

Examples

On the model

On the model

On the model

If you want to see the flat-photo-to-on-model layout with images in place, the ten-garment collection walkthrough shows the same workflow end to end.

Pricing

Questions modest-fashion store owners ask