NEWS - Dubai Fashion Week

The “Arabs in Paris” space is set to launch at Paris Fashion Week

The Arab Fashion Council takes the Arab Talents to Paris on the official calendar of Paris Fashion Week Dubai, 27 September 2020.Today the Arab Fashion Council (AFC) has announced a new exciting project which aims to connect the Arab talents with the French fashion industry. The new initiative, titled “Arabs in Paris”, is a collaboration between the Arab Fashion Council (AFC) and the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM) aiming to…

Continue reading...

JOOR To Partner with Arab Fashion Council For Upcoming Fashion Week

The global wholesale platform is expanding its network into the Middle East, with the intentions of supporting Arab talent and creating a comprehensive virtual experience While social distancing rules and regulations appear to be easing in some parts of the world, many fashion week events will continue to take place online in the coming months. International wholesale platform JOOR has teamed up with Arab Fashion Council for the upcoming Arab Fashion Week. Scheduled to take place from…

Continue reading...

Arab Fashion Week is Going Virtual

The shows and talks will be streamed online from June 24-26, as the Arab Fashion Council forgoes the traditional fashion week format Arab Fashion Week (AFW) will be kicking off at the end of next month, but this year the industry will experience the latest and greatest in Arab fashion and design in a whole new manner… The Arab Fashion Council (AFC) has just confirmed that the biannual event will be going entirely digital, in a move…

Continue reading...

Will Virtual Fashion Weeks Work? Arab Fashion Week Shows How Its Done

As regions are slowly coming out of lockdown, the new normal of being social and getting things done has been replaced by all things digital. This was evident at the recent 11th edition of Arab Fashion Week, which premiered virtually from Dubai, replacing the usual in-person event at Dubai’s City Walk. Set over the course of three days, 10 shows and 11 designers from across the Middle East, Asia and Italy showcased the best talent between…

Continue reading...

Arab Marie Claire and the Arab Fashion Council inspire hope for Lebanese designers

رغم النكبة التي تعرّضت لها العاصمة اللبنانيّة بيروت، إلّا أنّنا نثق بكامل قلبنا وحواسنا أنّ هذا الشعب يعشق الحياة ويخلق من ضعفه قوّة وأمل ما بعده أمل. ولأنّنا ندرك حيويّة وطاقة هذا الشعب المبدع، ارتأت “ماري كلير العربيّة Marie Claire Arabia”، ممثّلةً بالناشرة عبيدة دنهش ورئيسة التحرير فرح كريديّة وبالتعاون مع مجلس الأزياء العربي Arab Fashion Council، والأمم المتّحدة United Nations، أن نقف بجانب مواهب لبنانيّة محليّة مبدعة. وأطلقنا عبر موقعنا الإلكترونيّ، حملة لدعم مبدعي…

Continue reading...

Arab Fashion Week Will Land On A Fabulous Digital Runaway

The innovative digital edition of Arab Fashion Week is in line with a growing movement within the fashion industry… Whether the shows in London and Milan or the crème de la crème on the fashion calendar, Paris Haute Couture Week, major fashion events are shifting to digital editions to help control the spread of COVID-19 and endorse sustainability within the industry. One of the most anticipated fashion events in the region, Arab Fashion Week (AFW), is…

Continue reading...

Joor to power upcoming events in the Middle East and Japan

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 trade show and fashion week experiences. “With JOOR Passport, an inclusive and collaborative trade show platform, brands can upload their seasonal…

Continue reading...

Arab Fashion Council calls on designers to make masks, gowns and sanitisers amid Covid-19

The council has partnered with the Dubai Health Authority to encourage industry players to make medical equipment. In light of Covid-19, the Arab Fashion Council has called on fashion designers, cosmetic brands and industry suppliers to join its initiative in partnership with the Dubai Health Authority to produce personal protection equipment such as surgical masks, isolation gowns and hoodies and locally made sanitisers. The initiative called #AThread4Cause is managed by The Arab Fashion Council’s charitable…

Continue reading...

Old gets (fashionably) new: how Jonathan Marc Stein plans to bring old-school glam to Arab Fashion Week

The Los Angeles-based designer is one of several rising international stars showing at this year’s Arab Fashion Week. When Jonathan Marc Stein flew to Dubai, he took with him five carry-on bags. Then again, he had good reason: inside those bags were no fewer than 25 different outfits the Los Angeles-based designer will be showcasing at this year’s Arab Fashion Week. “We somehow fit it in five,” he laughs as he sits in a brightly-lit…

Continue reading...

Arab Designers to Now Produce Protective Equipment for UAE Healthcare Workers

The Arab Fashion Council (AFC) has joined forces with Dubai Health Authority to launch #AThread4Cause, a new initiative as part of which AFC members of designers, brands and companies will support the UAE healthcare network in terms of shortage in PPE (Personal Protection Equipment).This initiative is set to bring together the participation of the Arab fashion community in aiding UAE’s front-line heroes of the pandemic, by producing important products such as surgical masks, isolation gowns, and…

« First
Previous
1
...
9
10
11
12
13
...
16
Next
Last »

GET IN TOUCH & STAY UPDATED