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Furne One closes Fashion Forward Season 8
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2/12/2025
The final day of Fashion Forward Dubai season eight ended in a celebration on Sunday, and all the stops were pulled out as fun and lighthearted vibes were showcased on the catwalk. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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The final day of Fashion Forward Dubai Season 8 ended in a celebration on Sunday, and all
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the stops were pulled out as fun and light-hearted vibes were showcased on the catwalk.
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The evolution and growth of Dubai's Fashion Forward is hard to deny as the events continue
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to be a huge draw for the region's hugely talented design culture.
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We're very pleased with the outcome and feedback of Season 8, we've showcased, we're nearly
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complete in showcasing over 30 designers, a big leap from when we started four years
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ago.
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I remember we had 18 designers and I think that's a testament to the growth of the fashion
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industry.
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It's very clear that the pace levels for designers are just improving every season.
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The attendance has been very encouraging as well, there's just a strong vibe that's happening,
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there's a dynamic movement that's going on in Dubai and we're just very pleased with that.
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Starch Foundation, the Lebanese platform for emerging designers, were seriously represented
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this year featuring three labels, Salim Azam's Serene Collection, Labnan Mahfouz's 70's Inspired
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Set and Red Hot designer Timi Hayek, who took us to Scotland with her Earthy Collection.
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Basically I went to Scotland, to the Highlands last year and I just loved it there, the raw
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rugged landscape and that basically inspired this collection so it's very raw, the materials
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are very rugged, tough linens but with a silvery gold touch and the whole image is a girl,
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her face is flushed and there's a lot of wind but yeah, she's in that landscape.
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Omani designer Amal Al-Raisi celebrated her country's role in the ancient silk route with
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her Feminine Western Wear Collection.
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The collection is inspired by silk route, the ancient silk route where old ships used
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to come out from China and go to Europe passing different stations and Oman, my country, was
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one of the main stations where they used to take the Omani frankincense which is known
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for being the best in the world.
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So this whole collection is inspired by the Omani frankincense and the silk route and
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the importance of Oman in that journey.
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So the prints of the collection I have collaborated with an international print designer where
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we created these two different prints for the collection and they're taken, they're
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totally inspired by old drawings for Oman, some old China wear and we mix things together
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to come up with these prints that were used in the fabric and the carpet in the show.
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The second to last show featured Deema Ayyad, a fashion forward regular who took this opportunity
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to celebrate women with her romantic collection featuring soft drapey fabrics in subdued colours
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which she artfully displayed on a mixture of models and regular women.
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Colours wise, I wanted something subdued next year, I wanted a modern romance so the whole
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theme was modern romance, a take of soft pinks, undertones of blues, blacks and whites like
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I always love and I combined all of that to create this so, I don't know, this is the
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real me I think.
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And finally it was time for the most anticipated show of the event as Filipino designer Fern
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One with his label Amato took to the catwalk with his usual huge display of fashion meets
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entertainment.
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Dubbed the Dancing Sun and inspired by a Catholic event called the Miracle of the Sun, the religious
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symbolism was hard to miss as models walked out wearing veils typically worn by nuns.
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The catwalk was strewn with sand and cactus giving it a western feel.
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The clothes however were signature Amato, feminine, flowy and intricately embroidered.
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The collection is all about the miracle that happened in Portugal and it also happened
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in my hometown which I experienced, it's the Dancing Sun, that's the title of the collection.
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I used a lot of lace, French lace, tulle and linen and the colour, it's more on dusty,
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dusty pastels.
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As another season of Dubai's Fashion Forward comes to a close, it's clear that the event
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and those who contribute and attend have collaborated to put an emphatic stamp on Dubai's red hot
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design scene.
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