The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
An advisory board including Gabriela Hearst, Carmen Busquets and Patti Wilson has named 24 emerging designers from across the Middle East and North Africa as finalists for the FTA 2021 awards.
Nominees include Cynthia Merhej (Lebanon) and Maram Aboul Enein (Egypt) for ready-to-wear; Elie Mizrahi (Lebanon) and Harith Hashim (Iraq) in the eveningwear category and Alia Bin Omair (UAE) and Azza Skhiri Bouchamaoui (Tunisia) for jewellery. Winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held in Doha, Qatar, on March 25.
The timeless appeal of the south Asian classic has gone global — and a new London exhibition shows how it has been reinvented.
The second edition of Oud Fashion Talks explored the forces transforming the Gulf’s fashion industry today, with key learnings from BoF Insights’ ‘Fashion in the Middle East’ report and from executives of local retailers, manufacturers, designers and entrepreneurs.
Accessible luxury and advanced contemporary brands in the US and Europe can expect greater competition from Australian labels expanding overseas like Camilla, Aje and Rebecca Vallance.
The Ugandan-born model how he is finding purpose in pursuing an unconventional career to support his family and the community he comes from.