Everyone’s favourite doll, Barbie unveiled a historic collaboration with Lebanese designer Jean Louis Sabaji during Arab Fashion Week in Dubai. Powered by pink and self-expression, Jean Louis Sabaji presented a spring/summer 2023 capsule collection in collaboration with Barbie to become the first Arab designer to ever work with the iconic doll....
Oct 12, 2022
Arab Fashion Week has confirmed that its six-day event, held in partnership with Dubai Design District (d3), will open on October 10, featuring more than 35 designers from the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The showcase, running from October 10 to 15, will feature women’s autumn/winter 2022/23 couture and...
Sep 28, 2022
Arab Fashion Week has been postponed. The country’s COVID-19 vaccination drive is well under way, so unlike other Fashion Week’s that have had to make adjustments for public health reasons, the pandemic isn’t to blame. The United Arab Emirates announced a three-day period of mourning to honor the death of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the...
Mar 25, 2021
Fashion industry wholesale platform Joor announced on Wednesday that it would be partnering with the Arab Fashion Council and Japan Fashion Week Organization to power key events this fall. Tokyo Fashion Award, Arab Fashion Week Season 12 and Rakuten Fashion Week Tokyo will all make use of Joor’s digital platform Passport to centralize their...
Jul 3, 2020
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...
May 11, 2018
The Riyadh edition of Arab Fashion Week, which showcased local and foreign designers, was another example of the government’s effort to ease social restrictions -- and the internal tensions it creates. Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who’s trying to overhaul the oil-dependent economy, the government lifted a longstanding ban on women...
Apr 16, 2018
Jean Paul Gaultier and Roberto Cavalli are in Saudi Arabia -- headlining the kingdom's first ever Arab Fashion Week, an event that opened Tuesday to equal parts excitement and controversy. Two weeks later than initially planned, the Saudi Arabian edition of Arab Fashion Week joins designers from Europe and the Arab world over the course of four...
Apr 11, 2018
At the end of February the Arab Fashion Council announced it would host its first ever Arab Fashion Week in Riyadh at the end of March. Participating designers began preparing their collections for the runway, showrooms and events. So too international journalists and buyers organised flights and booked accommodation. Then came the sudden...
Apr 4, 2018
London - With London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2018 full under swing in London, the British Fashion Council (BFC) sets its sights on strengthening its reach overseas as it enters into a new strategic partnership with the Arab Fashion Council. The new partnership, which sees the BFC solidifying its links to the region, sees the BFC become a...
Feb 20, 2018
Saudi Arabia is set to host in March its first ever Arab Fashion Week, the Arab Fashion Council announced Monday, overturning decades of draconian policies on arts and entertainment. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the powerful heir to the Saudi throne, has been leading a drive to reform the country's dependence on oil, including expanding the...
Fairies, brides in black and hand-knit dolls take the runway in Dubai this week for the fifth Arab Fashion Week, a five-day affair focussed on instantly available "ready couture" and pre-collections. At the opening shows Wednesday night, ballgowns and evening gowns appeared in full force, with Lebanese designer Saher Dia showcasing a collection...
Nov 16, 2017
