Dubai Fashion Week
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Dubai Fashion Week is a fashion week
held in Dubai
, United Arab Emirates
that was launched in 2005 and owned and organised by Capital Marketing FZ LLC, an event management company. It was co-founded by Marc Robinson, a well-known international fashion show producer. The event witnessed the launch of some brands:
The first Indian designer to open Dubai Fashion Week was Wendell Rodricks
. Some models have debuted their career in Dubai Fashion Week including:
The models who ramped on the runway include:
This event is covered by various national and international media. Prominent fashion editors who have covered this event includes Sourendra Kumar Das
, ex-journalist with The Asian Age and The Telegraph
.
It is a by invitation only event.
Fashion Week
A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, these events let the industry know...
held in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
that was launched in 2005 and owned and organised by Capital Marketing FZ LLC, an event management company. It was co-founded by Marc Robinson, a well-known international fashion show producer. The event witnessed the launch of some brands:
- EstinnaEstinnaEstinna is a brand founded by Seher Bedi and Tina Bedi. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Estinna is retailing in multibrand outlets in the UAE and India. The brand launched in Dubai Fashion Week in October 2009.The owner Tina G...
, October 2009.
The first Indian designer to open Dubai Fashion Week was Wendell Rodricks
Wendell Rodricks
Wendell Rodricks is a prominent fashion designer based in the western Indian region of Goa. He has been listed among one of India's top ten designers. His work has involved a wide range of fashion—from lecturing on world costume history to fashion journalism and styling for international...
. Some models have debuted their career in Dubai Fashion Week including:
- Aditya RedijAditya RedijAditya Bipin Redij is an Indian actor and model. He enrolled at St. Xaviers and later at Symbiosis International University.-Professional life :...
The models who ramped on the runway include:
- Simran Kaur MundiSimran Kaur MundiSimran Mundi was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe 2008 in Mumbai on 5 April 2008. She then represented India at Miss Universe 2008, held in Diamond Bay Resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 13, 2008.-Biography:...
, Miss IndiaMiss IndiaMiss India or Femina Miss India is a national beauty pageant in India, one of the most recognized contests to produce international beauty queens in the 90s, which annually selects three winners to compete globally. It is organized by Femina, a women's magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co...
, 2008.
This event is covered by various national and international media. Prominent fashion editors who have covered this event includes Sourendra Kumar Das
Sourendra Kumar Das
Sourendra Kumar Das is a fashion editor with FashionFad.In who writes in English and a gay activist who fights for attaining equal rights of the LGBTI community. He has been writing on gender, sexuality, fashion, lifestyle and various diverse topics since 2004...
, ex-journalist with The Asian Age and The Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
.
It is a by invitation only event.
Emirates Fashion Week 2011
This event of fashion extravaganza is poised receiving unprecedented press expose and will generate notoriety to designers. The event is set to promote networking among fashion industry professionals, educators, retail buyers, fashion journalists, trendsetters, taste makers and consumers. EFW will be featuring renown designers around the world, which will be the center of attraction to media and consumers.See also
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- Sourendra Kumar DasSourendra Kumar DasSourendra Kumar Das is a fashion editor with FashionFad.In who writes in English and a gay activist who fights for attaining equal rights of the LGBTI community. He has been writing on gender, sexuality, fashion, lifestyle and various diverse topics since 2004...
- Marc RobinsonMarc RobinsonMarc Robinson is an Indian actor and model.Robinson started off his career as a model. He played the male lead in Bada Din , opposite Shabana Azmi and Tara Deshpande. Since then, he has worked primarily as a model coordinator and choreographer.On 2 February 2002, he married fellow model Waluscha...