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Diversity, Sustainability, Femininity, and Deconstructed Silhouettes Are At The Forefront Of Arab Fashion Week

For it’s 11th fashion week, the Arab Fashion Council has gone digital, from June 24 to 26. LIVE from Dubai, over the course of three days, 10 shows, 11 designers from Asia, Italy and the Middle East, and, the Beyond the Shows panel discussions, which will air live on the Arab Fashion Week website, this is all being done in partnership with Tiktok Arabia.

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Celine’s AW20 Collection Takes Us Back 70s

As AW20 Paris Fashion Week is in full swing, Friday night’s coveted spot of shows went to Celine. Creative director, Hedi Slimane took us back to the 70s with oh-so very French and British looks, with hints of American style as well.

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The Good the “Bad,” and the Lovely- Snippets from SS20 Haute Couture Week

Why should you care about haute couture you ask? Because it’s an expression of talent, given by God to fashion designers. The Bible tells us that God, amongst many of His talents, is a fashion designer too. He designed Adam and Eve’s covering in the garden, and Revelation 4 tells us he has a robe, whose train takes up the throne room of Heaven. Paris’ SS20 Haute Couture week is a an expression of design talent from the thousands of hours of bead work, embroidery, cutting, and stitching that an atelier engages in to produce a collection. The SS20 season was dominated by the Lebanese, who are exceptionally talented in couture, and who created the baddest of the baddest pieces.

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