Dubai Fashion Week A/W 2009 took place 5th-9th April 2009. The event brought together a variety of local creative talent, showcasing kaftans, evening dresses, abayas and more. There are often a lot of modestly-inclined designs, but the website is notorious for taking ages to put up the runway photos. I've managed to find a few, but do check out this brilliant slideshow from
The National which has images for all the designers. My favourite this time round I think has to be Amal Murad's designs for Redaa. Maybe it's Brit thing, but the tartan prints on the abayas just look so chic!
Day 1: Royal RickshawThis company specialises in glamorous kaftans; I adore this first faded pink number:
Image: Pankaj Sharma
Images: ITP
Day 2: Mimi Fashion Designs
Mariam Al-Mazro of Mimi Fashion Designs also took part in the last edition of DFW back in
October. Her designs still follow a similar theme of bright panelled full length dresses, but she's expanded into tunics as well as more conventional evening gowns:
Images: ITP
Chitra Amarnani, for Studio 8:
Day 3:
Homa Qamar, one of the Emerging Talent designers:
Image: AME Info
Day 4:
Sisters Reem and Hind Ali Beljafla of DAS
Amal Murad of Redaa:
Images: ITP
