{"id":25027,"date":"2019-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/arab-worlds-platform-for-emerging-designers\/"},"modified":"2019-09-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T00:00:00","slug":"arab-worlds-platform-for-emerging-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/arab-worlds-platform-for-emerging-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arab World\u2019s Biggest Platform for Emerging Designers is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab world took a major hit last year when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/fashion-forward-dubai-postponed-indefinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fashion Forward announced its cancellation<\/a>. But things are looking up, the show is officially back and better than ever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set to take place on October 30 to November 2 at Dubai Design District, the show\u2019s 11<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition is bringing over 30 designers to the capital, and in a new twist, a few international designers will be showing their collections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among them is Christian Cowan, whose pieces have been worn by everyone from Cardi-B to Beyonce. Robert Wun, the London-based ready-to-wear label that has dressed Gigi Hadid and Nadya Dzya is expected to show as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, no show is complete without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/5-designers-to-see-at-fashion-forward-dubais-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our regional favourites<\/a>. Saudi designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/arwa-al-banawi-saudi-new-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arwa Al Banawi<\/a> will make a return to FFWD. Ready-to-wear labels Roni Helu, Mrs. Keepa, Behnoode, Hessa Falasi, Sadeem and Varoin Marwah will also be on the schedule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for couture, Amato, Atelier Zuhra, Micheal Cinco and Yousel Al Jasmi\u2019s stunning gowns are expected to hit the runway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organised by Dubai Design &amp; Fashion Council, the event also turns its eye to new talent this year, giving a platform for new designers Hass idriss, Hazem Kais, Jessica K, Maison Farah, Wali, Reemami, Thym and Tanya Skaff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its inception in 2013, Fashion Forward Dubai\u00a0has been one of the region\u2019s most prominent platforms for emerging Middle Eastern talent. And after a year-long hiatus, it seems like it\u2019s back in full swing. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arab world took a major hit last year when Fashion Forward announced its cancellation. But things are looking up, the show is officially back and better than ever.\u00a0 Set to take place on October 30 to November 2 at Dubai Design District, the show\u2019s 11th edition is bringing over 30 designers to the capital, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4261],"tags":[7215,6888,4684,6495,9734,4200,9735,6890,4401,5546,9736,9737,8059],"primary_tag":[4414],"ppma_author":[4226],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":4226,"user_id":16,"is_guest":0,"slug":"milleteam","display_name":"Mille Team","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3efa852a4a27023eb0b89acfd128ed1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","description":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25027"},{"taxonomy":"primary_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/primary_tag?post=25027"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}