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Dubai Fashion Week SS 2012

Dubai Fashion Week gets ready for some much-needed revamping. There has been a lot of hype surrounding Dubai Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012 edition, mainly because this year ushers in newcomer to the region, Simon P Lock, as its creative director. Much like the hype and sadly the following disappointment surrounding President Barack Obama, [...]

Dubai Fashion Week: Fall/Winter 2011

Dubai Fashion Week Fall_Winter 2011

By Marriam N Mossalli

 

The ninth edition of Dubai Fashion Week (DFW) came to an end this past Saturday. DFW Fall/Winter 2011 showcased 50 international and regional designers across 35 shows. The five-day event garnered a unique schedule this year, with interesting additions like Saudi brand Lomar Thobe and Lebanese designer [...]

Cherry Blossom Girl

Lamya Abedin_ Queen of Spades

By Marriam N Mossalli

It wouldn’t be a fashion week in Dubai, if there weren’t abayas strutting the catwalk. Thanks to Lamya Abedin, the Emirati designer behind the new label Queen of Spades, this wasn’t your usual abaya fashion show. Abedin’s designs were not only fashion forward, they were also functional and wearable — an [...]

Z for Z: Injecting substance into fashion

Zaeem Jamal_Z for Z

By Marriam N Mossalli

If you’ve ever been to a fashion week, you know there is such a thing as fashion overdose. After being immersed in days of frivolous gossip and designer backstage drama and bombarded with collection after collection, you start to feel as faux as a Chanel costume pearl, and [...]

A call to arms: Middle East fashion scene

Middle East fashion scene

This is not an article on the fashion trends of the Gulf nor is it one about the regional fashion market. This is an article about why the Middle East fashion scene is stuck in amateur limbo.

You’ve seen it all before: Middle Eastern girls flashing their designer handbags and Swarovski-heavy sunglasses, [...]