There’s no secret that investing in a startup or giving a “no namer” a lead role in a feature film is a RISK. But why not take more? Why not encourage more millennials and young people to potentially “crash and burn?” So many young entrepreneurs are creating companies and harnessing multimillion dollar ideas but are…
Culture
The pioneering Pakistan Fashion Design Council [PFDC] and L’Oréal Paris, the world’s leading beauty brand, bring together the most coveted designers from Pakistan to showcase their bridal and trousseau collections at PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week 2014. Thick jacquards juxtaposed with silk tulles and organza, the collections did not disappoint as far as fairy tale wedding dresses go,…
Madiyah Al Sharqi's collection this season clearly demonstrates an artist whose work is evolving. Her signature pieces were edgy with off-shoulder chiffon and lace tops, silhouettes extending in delicate trains, light jacquards layered with chiffon and shimmering laces in gold, silver, and tones of pastel. Elegance graced the runway and the exhibits exceeded a rich…
The scenario Jean-Louis Sabaji planned out this season was far from being romantic; but concentrated on birds, their plumage and the skin beneath all the feathers. This is the point where an outbreak of Jean-Louis’s famous techniques in one collection which simultaneously included silicone, unfinished organza, beading and braiding.
Photography by Ian Gavan/Getty Images
Season Four represents Sultan’s fourth consecutive FFWD season. A graduate of Central Saint Martin's, the highly celebrated Kuwaiti / Indo designer launched his own label in 2008 and in 2012 became the first Kuwaiti designer to show at London Fashion Week. Sultan’s superior imagination for his new collection, named “Infinite Days & Infinite Nights” is…
NEW YORK, NY – October 7, 2014
Project Bright For Senegal, an initiative of the Mouvement PAS Foundation, has launched solar powered learning centers (SLPC) for primary school students in regions of Senegal that have been affected by floods and subsequent financial instability.
The SLPC’s are equipped with laptops and Internet access and geared towards learners up…
Ceremony woman has always been a classy, cosmopolitan character. The collection is active and international, a merger of east and west. It is evening-centric, fluid gowns, cigarette trousers, ladylike cocktail frocks and swooshing floor-length dresses.
Photography by: Ian Gavan & Stuart Wilson
The relationship between hunter and prey is a fascinating one. Rooted not only in the animal kingdom between two different species, the hun is present between creatures of the same species. The hunter so dominating in a situation of power, transforms instantly to become frail and weak when faced with a more powerful creature.
This thin…
This Spring/Summer season, Asudari explores notions of untying the past, playfulness and freeing the self through their signature digital prints and geometric patterns. Throughout the collection, bows provide a strong motif illustrating the human desire to unlock memories, process past events and unbind the chords that keep us tied to repressive emotions. The bow appears…
Timi Hayek
Viento y tierra, wind and earth, describes this collection in two words. There are no colors, and no prints. Just layers of translucent flowing pleats juxtaposed with rough textured surfaces, all in different shades of off-white, cascading from the body. Taking inspiration from dance and forest nymphs from my previous collection, as well…


