The Arab Fashion Week 2017, which was held in Dubai on May 16-20 showcased the Muslim women-oriented collections of the prestigious international and Arab designers, becoming Islamic fashion landmark.
The fourth edition of the Arab Fashion Week hosted this year's ready-to-wear and bridal collections of world known fashion brands such as French Marchesa, the Italian brand Antonio Marras, as well as regional designers such as Lebanese-French creative designer Ingie Chalhoub, Dubai-based Michael Cinco and fashion newcomers.
The event was hosted at the world’s biggest building longwise, The Meydan Hotel & Grandstands and attended by local and international celebrities. Famous Italian musician Nicola Zucchi was a DJ at the catwalks, while the closing Gala dinner held at the Armani Ballroom of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building on Earth, turned out to be an event with a strong cultural side with participation of celebrated tenor Telman Guzhevsky.
Honorary President of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion Mario Boselli, who was an honorary guest at the event, told Sputnik during the closing Gala dinner that "The Arab Fashion Week has become the new landmark of the fashion industry alongside to New York, Milan, London and Paris."
Founded in 2014, The Arab Fashion Week reflected the latest developments at the world of fashion, which look toward the Arab and Muslim community as a new and perspective market.
In March, Vogue launched its newest international Arabic edition of the magazine promising to become the bridge between the Arab and Western worlds of fashion, targeting a niche audience in the Middle East, which is fashion conscious, respectful of the Arab culture and wealthy.
According to the Arab Fashion Council, which founded The Arab Fashion Week in 2014, the event has already received its recognition as one of the world’s highest profile designers showcase alongside with the other four big fashion weeks held in New York, London, Milan and Paris.
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