Arab Fashion Week closes with Warhol-inspired designs

French-Lebanese designer Ingie Chalhoub has closed a busy Arab Fashion Week with a collection inspired by American pop art icon Andy Warhol. “My design is all about the Parisian chic woman who is travelling all over the world,” Chalhoub told AFP after the show late Monday at a luxurious Dubai hotel. “This collection was mostly inspired by an exhibition I saw in Paris from Andy Warhol and as I'm very fond of him I wanted to take back his drawings and his paintings and to make out of them some fabrics and some designs,” she said.

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Saudi designers steal show at Dubai fashion week

Dubai (AFP) – From a mother and daughter duo hooked on denim to an art-inspired fashionista, female designers from ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia stole the limelight at Arab Fashion Week 2016 in Dubai.

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Roland Mouret targets Dubai market with new flagship store

Roland Mouret has his sights set on Dubai, where he is set to open his third standalone boutique. The French designer's new flagship store will be situated in the extension of The Dubai Mall, which is currently under construction, reports Women's Wear Daily. “You can't be a designer and not concentrate on Dubai as one of the key platforms.

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