Arab Fashion Design Arab fashion designers, fashion houses, fashion designer tools and resources.The event, organised by Maven in collaboration with Camera Nazionale della Moda Italia, creators of the Milano Fashion Week, and taking place at Emirates Palace Hotel until Tuesday 18th March, provides a unique and rare opportunity for local talent to make a name for themselves, in what is the latest addition to the series of renowned fashion weeks of Milan, New York, London and Paris.
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Hana Sadiq - Arab Fashion Designer
Hana SadiQ who has a degree in French Literature from the university of Baghdad – is now primarily a fashion designer, specializing in the integration of Arabic art with the best of contemporary haut couture. Having studied painting with some major Iraqi artists, she went on to study textile design, silk painting and ceramic in Paris. On the extensive travels through out the Arab world she has collected around 5000 pieces of old silver Arabic jewelry and over 300 traditional Arab costumes. She has so far, had two books published, one on the symbolism of Jordanian women’s tattoos, and the other on the natural cosmetics used by Arab women until the recent past. She has just finished writing a book on Jordanian silver jewelry. A further work on Jordanian costumes is in pipeline. She has lectured on Arabic silver and costume both in the Arab world and in Europe and has written articles on these subjects for several Arabic magazines and newspapers.
Arabian Makeup
The Arabian or Oriental makeup has always been in vogue since it helps to make a woman look atractive and sedicuve. The basic rule of the Arabian makeup is lustrous eyes, even complexion and seductive but not vulgar-looking lips. Matte and pearl cosmetics are suitable for this kind of makeup. And yet, stresses and decorative spangles may be traditionally placed to playfully decorate long lashes, eyelids, temples or a forehead.
She adds glamour to Arabian nights
LOCAL fashion designer Lulu Al Hadad may not have had formal training in the field, but the 26-year-old counts wives of dignitaries among her customers.Haney returned to Singapore to attend Lulu's debut fashion show in July at the Singapore Swimming Club.
Among the full-house crowd of 300 people were the wives of top Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti diplomats, she said.The one-woman operation - she designs, sews, models and promotes her designs - now has the occasional aid of local design students who approach her for beading and embroidery lessons.
She does not charge them because she said she wants to spread the dying craft. In turn, these students help with her collection.Lulu also hopes to present her designs at the annual Arabian Fashion World design festival next year.
Be an Arabian Princess This Season
If Princess Jasmine was your favorite cartoon character as a child, and you had her dolls and wore her costume as a child for Halloween, you can relive these moments again, thanks to the world’s most famous designers. You can now walk down the street wearing Princess Jasmine’s harem pants with confidence knowing that you’re trendy and daring without using Halloween as an excuse to be a princess. Ralph Lauren’s spring collection had the hottest gold harem pants that take extra courage to wear but if worn, promise to look fabulous.When shopping, look for materials like chiffon, georgette or any soft material for comfort. H&M and Forever21 have a variety in color and length of the cropped pants. They also have reasonable prices compared to other stores. Wet Seal also sells the cropped pants for only $20. There are many colors available in stores, but it’s suggested to go with black since the style is dramatic enough.Caution: this trend is only for gutsy fashionistias!
