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Generation award: Kering sets its sights on the MENA region

Kering is strengthening its influence in the Middle East and North Africa regions. By launching the Kering Generation Award in the MENA region, the luxury group is establishing itself in the local economic landscape. Its objective is to provide startups in these territories with the means to “shape the future of fashion”. This announcement...

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Will Riyadh Fashion Week signal a new shift on the global fashion map?

Riyadh steps further onto the global fashion stage this month as Riyadh Fashion Week returns from 16 to 21 October, presenting more than thirty shows spanning couture, ready-to-wear, and streetwear. In just a few years, the event has evolved from a local experiment into one of the Middle East’s defining cultural moments, reflecting the country’s...

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Saudi Fashion Awards return as Riyadh stakes claim as regional creative capital

The Saudi Fashion Commission has confirmed the return of the Saudi Fashion Awards for a second edition, to be held in Riyadh on May 22. The announcement comes as Saudi Arabia intensifies its push to position itself as a serious player in the global fashion and beauty industries, and underscores the Kingdom’s ambition to shape its own fashion...

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LOLA CASADEMUNT opens its third store in Saudi Arabia at Solitaire Mall, Riyadh

LOLA CASADEMUNT, the iconic women's fashion and accessories brand, opens its third store in Saudi Arabia in one of the capital's most exclusive shopping centers, Solitaire Mall, in Riyadh . This opening marks an important milestone in the brand's growth in the country, following the success of its two previous stores: the first in Jeddah, in The...

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund acquires 40 percent stake in Selfridges Group

The Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, has acquired a 40 percent stake in British luxury department store Selfridges and is forming a strategic partnership with Thailand-based conglomerate Central Group, which raised its majority stake in the retailer to 60 percent. In a statement, family-owned Central Group...

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Burak Cakmak, Saudi Fashion Commission: 'Saudi market opens up to contemporary men’s fashion'

During Paris Fashion Week June, the Saudi 100 Brands event, a fashion show at Paris' Palais de Tokyo and a showroom at the Mona Bismarck hotel, was held. The programme supports fashion companies, brands and designers in their pursuit of expansion, with those selected set to benefit from market-related initiatives that aim to help in brand...

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Riyadh Air to revive the golden age of travel with couture cabin uniforms

Riyadh Air, the world’s newest global airline, owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), closed out Paris Haute Couture Week with the unveiling of its cabin crew’s uniforms designed by Saudi Arabian designer Mohammed Ashi, founder of Ashi Studio. “It’s not cabin crew ‘uniforms,’ it’s cabin crew fashion,” declared Tony Douglas, chief...

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Istituto Marangoni to open campus in Riyadh

Fashion and design school Istituto Marangoni is opening a new higher training institute in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2025. The new campus will be in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture through its Saudi Fashion Commission and will join Istituto Marangoni’s other campuses around the world in Milan, Florence, Paris, London, Dubai,...

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Interested parties begin eyeing Selfridges stake

Following the breakdown of one of Selfridges’ two owners, various parties have reportedly been circling the British department store chain for a potential stake purchase. Gucci parent company Kering and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) are understood to be mulling the acquisition of a stake in the luxury retailer, according to the...

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Lalage Beaumont opens its first store outside the UK

British handbag and ready-to-wear designer Lalage Beaumont London has opened a standalone boutique in Mode Mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The opening marks the first Lalage Beaumont store outside the UK, building on the success within the region with stockists Saks Fifth Avenue in Bahrain, Tryano in Abu Dhabi, and Shoes and Handbags Fifty One...

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Saudi probes alleged abuses at Amazon warehouses

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was investigating reports of grim conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the kingdom, denouncing all labour abuse and exploitation as "unacceptable". The human resources and social development ministry said in a statement to AFP that the investigation began before Amnesty International...

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Podcast: Examining the complexity of fashion in Saudi Arabia

Both locally and internationally, the fashion industry in the Middle East has experienced significant growth thanks to changing regulations and an influx of creatives. But what does this market look like and what is happening in the region? This podcast zooms in on Saudi Arabia. Source: The Business of Fashion Podcast