The Six: Designers at Dubai Fashion Days

Dubai Fashion Days is set to run from Nov. 21-25 in Citywalk and Dubai Design District. (Shutterstock)
Updated 21 November 2018
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The Six: Designers at Dubai Fashion Days

DUBAI: Set to run from Nov. 21-25 in Citywalk and Dubai Design District, Dubai Fashion Days will showcase a mix of regional and international designers.

Amato Couture
Launched in 2002, Amato Couture is the brainchild of designer Furne One and textile expert Rashid Ali, who are set to show off their collection on Nov. 21. The label has been worn by the likes of Beyoncé, Katy Perry and Jennifer Lopez.

Michael Cinco
Dubai-based Filipino designer Michael Cinco is known for his gorgeous couture gowns and glittering client list, including Rihanna and Lady Gaga. His show is set to take place on Nov. 25.

Yara Bin Shakar
Yara Bin Shakar is an Emirati fashion designer with an uber cool aesthetic. Her latest collection is inspired by vintage Hollywood and will be showcased on Nov. 21.

Soraya B. Couture
Portuguese fashion designer Soraya Bacai is the face behind the Dubai-based fashion house that will show off its wares on Nov. 25.

THISNORTHAT
Lin Yu Bo and Tan Li Chen are the duo behind the label THISNORTHAT that will dress models for the catwalk on Nov. 21.

Sophia Nubes
A Switzerland-based label that creates ready-to-wear pieces, fashion lovers can see its latest collection on Nov. 23.


Bella Hadid leaves Paris for Los Angeles launch event

Updated 11 March 2026
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Bella Hadid leaves Paris for Los Angeles launch event

DUBAI: Supermodel Bella Hadid jetted from Paris to Los Angeles this week to launch her latest campaign with US fashion retailer Revolve.

The Palestinian US Dutch model was on hand in France earlier in the week, where she hit the runway at the Saint Laurent show during Paris Fashion Week.

She then flew across to Los Angeles to launch a campaign with Los Angeles-founded retailer Revolve, which was set up in 2003 by Michael Mente and Mike Karanikolas.

Hadid fronts a campaign launching the e-commerce department store’s first-ever in-house brand, Revolve Los Angeles.

“Born from a deep understanding of the modern woman and inspired by the city where it all began, our eponymous fashion house is a new expression of effortless glamor,” the new fashion label posted on Instagram alongside black-and-white images of Hadid in a selection of looks.

Prior to her trip to Los Angeles, the model showed off French label Saint Laurent’s latest collection in Paris.

Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello, marking his own 10th anniversary at the helm, sent out a parade of razor-sharp Smokings — the house term for its iconic women’s tuxedo — with plunging necklines and elongated silhouettes that crackled with the same transgressive energy founder Yves Saint Laurent unleashed in the 1960s, the Associated Press reported.

But Vaccarello didn’t stop at evening wear.

He extended the same sensual, body-skimming tailoring into daytime suits in fluid pinstripe fabrics with almost no interlining, effectively arguing that the tuxedo silhouette belongs in a woman’s life around the clock.

Plenty of brands in Milan showed strong black pantsuits this season, but the Saint Laurent version still occupies its own territory — sleeker, sharper, more loaded with meaning.

The other half of Vaccarello’s equation was lace, stiffened with latex and tailored into structured cardigan-like jackets and straight skirts.

It was lace with backbone — tough, not delicate.

Paired with smoky eyes, chunky gold jewelry and slingback heels, the collection made a case that Saint Laurent’s codes are as potent as ever.