DUBAI: Syrian Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini continues to expand her portfolio with another notable brand collaboration, this time partnering with Prada.
This week, Mardini, who has previously collaborated with brands such as Boss and Oris, took to Instagram to showcase herself with the Italian luxury label’s Re-Nylon Bag in a brownish-green hue.
She paired the bag with a black short sleeve Prada top with a hood.
“Prada’s Re-Nylon is regenerated nylon created through the recycling and purification of plastic collected from the ocean,” Mardini captioned her post.
The athlete, whose story of fleeing her homeland alongside her sister Sarah was made into a BAFTA-nominated film by Netflix called “The Swimmers,” has previously collaborated with the German fashion label Boss.
In September 2023, she walked the Boss runway during Milan Fashion Week. She wore a grey shirt, an oversized black blazer, a knee-length skirt, leather boots and a white clutch.
She walked alongside US-Dutch-Palestinian catwalk star Gigi Hadid, Russian model Natasha Poly and Senegalese-Italian media personality Khaby Lame.
In March 2023, Mardini, who is based in Germany, walked Boss’ runway in Miami. She donned a white shirt dress with a beige vest, beige calf-length stockings and brown heels from the brand’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection.
She also starred in the brand’s digital campaign that month, which featured a long list of Arab and international stars, including DJ Khaled, Hadid, Demi Lovato, Paris Hilton and Bella Thorne.
Having competed in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics as part of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team, Mardini has now shifted her focus toward her foundation, aiming to facilitate education and sports opportunities for refugees.
Mardini founded her own nonprofit organization, the Yusra Mardini Foundation, in 2023. The foundation advocates for the rights of refugees, and seeks to improve access to sports and education for refugee communities globally, as well as providing direct support to refugee athletes.
“I am doing a lot of activities in the fashion domain, and I have a nonprofit organization and I am doing something with the UNHCR and I am also studying, so generally I am happy with my life,” she previously told Arab News.
