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Emirates Woman
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Emirates Woman
Dubai Fashion Week is back this September—here's everything you need to know
Mark your calendars: Dubai Fashion Week (DFW) Spring/Summer 2026 is set to return from 1–6 September 2025, o fficially opening the global fashion season ahead of New York, London, Milan, and Paris. Taking place once again at its vibrant home in Dubai Design District (d3) , the city's creative hub, the six-day showcase promises a celebration of the region's rising influence on the international stage, global voices, and bold statements. Following a high-octane AW25 season—complete with runway appearances by supermodels and a headline-making finale from Manish Malhotra—DFW is raising the bar even higher. Expect over 30 standout brands from France, Italy, India, Lebanon, Libya, the UAE, the UK, and beyond, each bringing their own lens on culture, sustainability, and innovation to the runway. BLSSD; Dubai Fashion Week AW25 As always, the event is co-founded by d3 and the Arab Fashion Council , and continues to be a gateway for regional talent to shine while giving international names a platform to connect with buyers and tastemakers from across the globe. This season, DFW expands its Buyers Programme , drawing top names from Europe, the U.S., and other fashion capitals for showroom previews and curated brand experiences that are as business-savvy as they are buzz-worthy. But the runways are just the beginning. The energy of DFW spills far beyond the catwalks at d3, with exclusive presentations, after-hours launches, private dinners, and citywide activations that cement Dubai's role as a fashion-forward metropolis. With d3 celebrating over a decade of design excellence , this season is also a nod to how far the city's creative economy has come—and where it's headed next. Michael Cinco; Dubai Fashion Week AW25 Designer applications are now open, and every submission undergoes a rigorous review by the DFW Selection Committee, ensuring only the most compelling creative visions make it to the stage. – For more on luxury lifestyle, news, fashion and beauty follow Emirates Woman on Facebook and Instagram Images: Supplied
The Guardian
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Abbey Road, aliens and Withnail: London fashion week autumn/winter 2025
Steven Stokey-Daley's AW25 outing was a celebration of all things British, from his take on the donkey jacket, duffle coat and trench through to British milled heritage checks. Daley's hallmarks, such as a dog motif on a T-shirt, played against a burgundy cardigan embroidered with salt and spice shakers interspersed with 'Marianne Faithfull' jumper. Bursts of colour were inspired by the work of Scottish colourists, Francis Cadell and John Duncan Fergusson, whose influence was seen in the felted image of a woman on a smock dress and a watercolour-infused men's trench coat Daniel Lee turned in a vintage Burberry collection for AW25, with a casting of actors from iconic British films and TV: Richard E Grant, Leslie Manville and Ṣopé Dìrísù, alongside catwalk legends Naomi Campbell and Erin O'Connor. Focus was on outerwear, from versions of the house trench in heavy tartan and check, with scarves attached, to embossed leather creations belted at the waist to oversized patchwork shearling bombers. Women's trenches that spliced into fringing and swayed from the hips were interspersed with devore smock dresses. This was Lee at his best Every season, Labrum's creative director Foday Dumbaya celebrates immigration and its cultural importance. This time, he looked to London's rich music history for inspiration – showing at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. He worked with the Mercury award winning jazz quintet, Ezra Collective, who played the backing music for some of the UK's pioneering grime artists, including Akala and Ghetts. In between their sets, models walked on stage in the brand's signature pieces, such as boxy tailoring and denim shirting, as well as the latest accessories designed in collaboration with Adidas In just two years, Paolo Carzana has established himself as a LFW hot ticket. Following last season's showcase in his back garden, Carzana showed the final part of his Trilogy of Hope in a tiny Clerkenwell pub to an intimate audience of 60, including Sir Paul Smith (whose foundation provides free studio space in nearby Smithfields to young designers, including Carzana). The 14 handmade looks took Toulouse Lautrec as a reference point on silhouette and the delicacy of line and colour. Natural dyes were applied by Carzana using paint brushes and spraying and rolling techniques For AW25, Jawara Alleyne explored the principals of construction in both architecture and clothing. Construction is Alleyne's jam; his held-together-with-safety-pins déshabillé signature look was still evident in the shredded jersey looks, but the production levels were slicker. A triple-layered men's polo and T-shirt look cleverly spliced stripes to appear as checks when the model moved. While the womenswear evolved to include red carpet-worthy draped gowns in heavier fabrications that Alleyne's fanbase, which includes Rihanna, Charli XCX and Shakira, will no doubt adore Gemma Collins front row in a ruffled coat at 9am on a rainy Monday morning wasn't on our London fashion week bingo card, but it was a welcome addition. The TV star was up early for sequin king Ashish's show. Ashish always brings the sparkle underscored with a wry commentary on the state of the world. Tops emblazoned with the slogan 'It's a shit show' and a stripy jumper declaring 'Up Yours' put two fingers up at the state of the world with some much needed light relief through sequins and dressing up. 'It's an expression on how apocalyptic the world feels right now,' he said Showing off schedule on Thursday evening – supported by Hi-Fi, a non-profit programme run by creative agency Hidden that nurtures emerging talent – Central Saint Martin's graduate, Maximilian Raynor's fashion week debut displayed accomplished craftsmanship for a fledgling designer. Titled Welcome to the Un-United Kingdom , the collection imagined a world in 3025 run by self-serving billionaires. 'Design is an indispensable art form that allows us to escape and/or reflect our times. I hope my storytelling, has the power to incite genuine reflection.' he said in his show notes Tolu Coker is becoming one of the buzziest designers in London. For this collection, she was taken with how dress codes within the African diaspora have evolved with migration. She honoured the Aldura churches from Lagos to London and the ritual attire of Black spiritual traditions in Louisiana and Haiti as well as the ceremonial dress of communities across Brazil and Cuba, which she blended with British trademarks like white poplin shirting and tartan which draw on her London roots. A sophisticated and empowered presentation which leaves us excited for what the designer does next Roksanda took inspiration for her masterfully sculptural collection from the work of British artist Phyllida Barlow, whose pioneering approach to form and sculpture resonated with Ilinčić. Prints were created from a fusion of techniques, such as scanning objects like leftover plastic materials, mirrored surfaces and cardboard, overlaid with bold painted strokes, replicating the late artist's use of fabrications such as cardboard, tape and paint. Highlights came as enveloping oversized evening coats, vivid coloured slim satin asymmetric dresses and voluminous silhouetted tailoring Entitled Venus from Chaos, AW25 was inspired by the proverbial home of women – the planet Venus. Though we were sitting in a Bergein-coded club in Angel – which is home to one of London's most famous goth nights, Slimelight – the other-worldly models stalking the runway took us to another dimension. From Lara Stone who opened the show in head-to-toe hyper-corsetry to Hannelore Knuts in a body-skimming second-skin mesh dress, the girls were like an army of alien romantics sent to hypnotise the audience into joining their witchy feminist sect – eye contact, included A starry line-up of actors from Fiona Shaw to Andrea Riseborough walked the runway under the chandeliers of the grand Goldsmith's Hall for Simone Rocha's latest show. Aesop's fables The Tortoise and the Hare and School Days Haze were the inspiration, brimming full of signature design details including bold-shoulders, tiered volumes, pearl edging and floating ribbon. A tougher edge came with denim jackets, utilitarian trenches and oversized leather bikers, faux fur was in abundance from fluffy jackets to models carrying stuffed hares instead of handbags The peacockery and pageantry of British heraldry was the starting point of Denzil Patrick's collection. The husband-and-husband designer duo, Daniel Gayle and James Bosley, took inspiration from archaic British nobility and jousters inspired by cult classic movie Knightriders, as well as speedway racers and medieval clergymen, but gave them a soft touch – be it a feather fluttering behind a strong lapel or a sheeny duchesse satin which was transformed into an XL trench coat. Shield-shaped bags and silver breastplates worn as vests bolstered the archaic military-coded aesthetic Though it's true that Chet Lo is always one of the most exciting slots on the LFW schedule, AW25 felt like a step up for the Asian American designer. While some of his trademark tropes were present – namely mini spikes in merino wool – he introduced more tailoring and outerwear in a toned down and elevated colour palette of navy, burgundy and grey. The motifs which adorned ties, knitwear and dresses were a reinterpretation of misrepresented Western depictions of Asian culture, like tiger prints or cloud motifs, which the designer rehashed in an authentic way Erdem collaborated with artist Kaye Donachie for his AW25 collection. Whom he previously commissioned to paint his late mother's portrait; a version of which appeared on the opening look, a slashed-neck column dress. Donachie's portraits are not literal depictions but abstractions, based on research and instinct. Erdem used the ethereal paintings on organza dresses, bodices, full skirts and voluminous coats. Trousers were notably absent from the collection silhouette, giving way to archetypal feminine shapes that included skirt suits with sculpted bubble skirts and nipped waist jackets Talent incubator Fashion East's line-up kicked off with Olly Shinder, now in his fourth season. Shinder played with his interpretation of utilitarian and military with a twist on the traditional gender-coded aesthetic. Louther's designer Olympia Schiele drew on the spirit of underground London, utilising deadstock fabrics to create unusual silhouettes. Meanwhile, Nuba founders Cameron Williams and Jebi Labembika blended their jersey suiting with cleverly layered and wrapped garments, while flashes of satin blue cobalt added fluidity
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Simone Ashley Does Eighties Glam And All The Other Celebrities At London Fashion Week
What's London Fashion Week without a starry moment or two driven by the arrival of a famous face? The shows might be all about the fashion but a well turned out front row always causes extra excitement. FIND OUT MORE AT ELLE COLLECTIVE As the AW25 shows have played out, a different cadence of shows happened with less shows, more presentations becoming the season's overarching trend. And so the way we've spotted celebrities has been different, too. For instance, Simone Ashley was in attendance at 16Arlington's collection unveiling dinner in a look from the AW25 collection. The Bridgerton star leant into Marco Capaldo's '80s inspirations with a bright red lip. The next day, it was different again as eyes weren't only drawn to the front row as a number of names took to the runway. At Simone Rocha, it was Alexa Chung, Bel Powley, Fiona Shaw and Andrea Riseborough, while Tanya Lou Reynolds walked Emilia Wickstead. That being said, there's also been plenty of great front-row arrivals too. From Vanessa Williams at Mithridate to Lily James at Erdem, stars continued to step out in support of London's creative class. Here, all the celebrities in attendance at the AW25Chung was given a leather blazer and faux-fur bra look.A long-time wearer of the brand, Powley swapped the red carpet for the actor received an applause as she traversed the show actor cut a striking figure on the sisters both wore looks from the AW25 model and poet wore a full look by Bridgerton darling wore an AW25 look and popped into the brand's designer was bookmarked by the actors, who both regularly wear his 16Arlington Fantastic Beasts actor wore a patterned black and white Erdem actor chose a sleek back suit and the brand's signature Bloom bag.A longtime wearer of Erdem, James chose to wear a cropped knit two piece decorated in contrast boxer and fashion fan was in the house for the British Museum took a night off from her West End run of Much Ado About Nothing to support mother-daughter duo both opted for black mini evening's host opted for an LBD and elegant gold dinner took place at Isabel in trio of actors were in situ to see the next Emilia Wickstead collection Devil Wears Prada costars got a taste of fashion editor-life off the Catch-22 actor wore a preppy look by the wore a flared trouser borrowed the shoulder-tied sweater styling trick straight from the musician leaned into the coloured tights model and musician opted for a chic black and grey acclaimed model wore a sweater by the Amandaland star made a surprise appearance on the front row, much to the delight of wore a sweater with intarsia Heartstopper actor showed up in support of his Girls Aloud singer wore a trouser suit by the brandThe ballet dancer is fast becoming a front row fashion legend made the trip to the Tate Britain for the musician wore an elaborate Harris Reed actor made a surprise appearance on the catwalk, giving a dramatic reading while dressed in a AW25 look. You Might Also Like Pyjamas You Can Wear All Day 10 Hand Soaps To Make Your Bathroom Feel Like A Fancy Hotel 8 Of The Best Natural Deodorants
