Text: Dariga Masenova ACCORDING TO THE FASHIONABLE ELITE OF DUBAI, THE “EVENT OF THE YEAR” HAS PASSED IN THE CITY: FASHION FORWARD. ABOUT IN WHICH DIRECTION THE FASHION INDUSTRY OF THE REGION IS DEVELOPING, READ IN OUR REVIEW.
The Fashion Forward Festival is being held for the third consecutive season in the specially built pavilion at Madinat Jumeirah. The event is like a nuclear concentrate of mixes of styles of different cultures and times. If it is believed that in Milan - the most stylish Fashion Week, and in Paris - the most conservative, then an event of this kind in Dubai is still difficult to determine with one adjective. The fact is that the region does not yet have that powerful layer of history with all its Fashion Houses. Although 50 years ago it was also difficult to look at New York as a fashionable capital ...
The fashion industry in the Middle East is still very young. Due to the specific local tastes, few understand the chic of minimalism by Gilles Zander, but they perfectly perceive the vanguard of Alexander McQueen. It was his shocking principle of "taking the audience with his bare hands" that guided many designers at Fashion Forward.
The Golkara brothers - Babak, Haman and Farhan - interpreted the fashion show as a platform for duels of the glorious Scottish knights. Inspired by the traditional English cut of clothes, the designers of The Emperor 1688 label released models on the catwalk, as if on a fashion scaffold - in tragically falling capes, with fox fur on their shoulders. Moreover, the women's ready-to-wear line was introduced for the first time. Dress-shirts perfectly complemented with leather bows and an unexpected bandage on the chest models.
On the contrary, cute, like princesses from a fairy tale that the couturier invented for the Le Royaume Enchanté (Magic Kingdom) collection, models came out one after another in handmade dresses by Rami Kadi. It is worth noting here that at the festival again, as before in the Dubai fashion arena, the atmosphere of a magical forest reigned, which this time found a physical response in bulky headdresses. Flowers and kilometers of lace have become attributes of fashion shows. Virgin nature also migrated to the collection of Lebanese couturier Jean Louis Sabaji. The young designer witfully planted decorative bees on short dresses and jackets, and lining resembling a beehive looked spectacular on bustier dresses.
The brand, consonant with the one that launched Renata Litvinova a couple of years ago, has a clone in the Middle East. The doors of the Zareena Fashion House were opened in Dubai in 1994, so the designer can rightfully be considered a veteran of the festival. Fifty-three exits are hard work worthy of objective evaluation. Kaftans and Jalabis decorated with Arabic ornament - the designer perfectly feels global trends of ethnic orientation and sends his viewers to the world of oriental textiles and oriental silhouettes.
Amato House designer sewing custom-made outfits for Heidi Klum, Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé delayed the show for an hour and a half
The designer from Phillipin, who made a name on his couture Ezra collections, weighted the flying images of models in silk with futuristic helmets and body armor made of plastic. Perhaps if the accessories were made in metal, they would add a show of elegance. His compatriot, the founder of the label Amato by Furne One, increased his ethnic concentration by adding crystal Iroquois and massive Indian jewelry to evening dresses inlaid with Swarovski crystals. During the final release, the models lined up in color, reminding viewers of the Indian Holi paint festival.
In conclusion, you can only wish designers one thing - to move away from decorative elements and focus more on the new design. Then, perhaps, the three-day show of the latest collections of local designers will gain sufficient strength to become the foundation for the future Dubai Fashion Week, to match Paris, London, New York and Milan.
