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Chanel to show 2022 cruise show in Dubai

Chanel is taking its cruise show on the road to Dubai for 2022. The show will take place on November 2, and is actually a repeat collection show. Chanel’s cruise 2022 collection was first unveiled this past May in the South of France at the Carrières de Lumières limestone quarries in the village of Les Baux-de-Provence. This marks the second...

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Hong Kong: most targeted market for international retailers in 2017

Hong Kong is the place to be for retailers exploring foreign markets. For the third year in a row, the region has scored the top spot on an annual list of most targeted markets for international retailers, made by real estate investment firm CBRE. A total of 85 international retailers have entered Hong Kong’s market for the first time last year,...

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Arab Fashion Week eschews the abaya with resort-couture

As the abaya witnesses a global resurgence, the sixth edition of Arab Fashion Week opened Wednesday with fallen angels, Rococo corsets, cupcake headbands and nary a kaftan in sight. Billed as an official fashion week alongside the famed Paris, Milan and London shows, the Arab edition of fashion week is the sole event dedicated entirely to...

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International Apparel and Textile Fair 8th Edition brings global textile industry to Dubai

DUBAI, April 2018 – The 8th edition of the bi-annual event of International Apparel and Textile Fair (IATF) had received an overwhelming response from the apparel and textile manufacturers in the country and worldwide. The three-day event that took place from 24th to 26th April 2018 was inaugurated by H.E Butti Saeed Al Ghandi, Second...

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International Apparel and Textile Fair gears up to bring forth design & innovation in the UAE with its April 2018 edition

The November 2017 edition of International Apparel and Textile Fair (IATF) proved to be grand success, making apparel and textile manufacturers from around the globe look forward to the highly anticipated 8th edition due to take place in 24th,25th,26th April 2018. The three-day event that took place from 1st to 3rd November 2017 was inaugurated...

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Little women stand tall at Dubai fashion show

Like all working mums, Colleen Theriault has her hands full with her four-year-old son and a full-time career as head baker at a patisserie in the US state of North Carolina. But the 24-year-old is also an advocate for a budding movement that is breaking into the international fashion scene. Its models, like their initiative, are small but...

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Arab Fashion Week brings unisex minimalism to Dubai

Designers, buyers, and influencers have descended on Dubai for Arab Fashion Week, a five-day event dedicated to ready couture and resort wear for women, men and those who refuse a label. The show opened Tuesday night with Jordanian-Canadian sensation Rad Hourani, known for his unisex designs, Palestinian-American Jenanne Filat and her menswear...

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Syrian refugee tent transformed into dress

Once home to a family of Syrian refugees, a UN tent has found a new life as a dress still bearing the marks and stains of its past. "Dress for Our Time", the brainchild of fashion designer Helen Storey, has turned a discarded tent from the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan into a hooded dress featured on stage at the Glastonbury Festival and in the...

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Saudi designers steal show at Dubai during Arab Fashion Week

From a mother and daughter duo hooked on denim to an art-inspired fashionista, female designers from ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia stole the limelight at Arab Fashion Week 2016 in Dubai. Models strutted the catwalk late Saturday in mini-dresses, cropped jackets, skin-tight jeans and flamboyantly embroidered transparent blouses. They were the...

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Whistles opens in Dubai

British luxury high street retailer Whistles is set to open two stores in the Middle East in partnership with the Al Tayer Group, with the first opening at Dubai City Walk 2 and the second, expected to debut in Doha Festival City early next year. The contemporary fashion brand’s debut Middle East store in Dubai spans 1,100 square foot and houses...

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John Lewis steps into Europe with ‘capsule’ shop-in-shops in de Bijenkorf

John Lewis has finally landed in Europe - albeit in a slightly more edited and 'capsule' format. The British department store group has opened its first shop-in-shops with its debut European partner, de Bijenkorf in Amsterdam, Den Haag and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Through its exclusive partnership with the premium department store group, John...

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Budding fashion talents showcase designs in Dubai

Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience opened in one of the world's largest malls on Thursday, showcasing designs by a range of emerging talents from Africa to ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia. Models wearing modern and edgy skirts, jackets, and dresses by eight international designers paraded on the catwalk in the Dubai mall, as shoppers watched. "My...