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Grazia USA
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Grazia USA
Fashion Trust Arabia Returns For Its 7th Edition Taking Centre Stage In Doha
Fashion Trust Arabia Winner 2025, Yasmine Mansour. In a world where fashion is evolving faster than ever, one platform continues to champion the voices shaping its future. This November, Fashion Trust Arabia (FTA) returns to Doha for the 7th edition of its highly anticipated awards ceremony – an event that has become a global beacon for creativity, craftsmanship, and cultural exchange across the MENA region. The FTA Awards have become a cultural moment in the region. Each year, Doha welcomes a constellation of fashion insiders – from celebrated designers and editors to celebrities, influencers, and emerging talents – for a night that blends glamour with purpose. The 2025 edition will once again honour outstanding contributions across key design categories, including eveningwear, ready-to-wear, accessories, jewellery, and debut talent, as well as offering honorary awards that spotlight exceptional global impact. In a powerful nod to international creativity, FTA has invited India to take the spotlight as this year's Guest Country, in partnership with the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre. And of course, the participants go under the discerning eye of some of the who's who in the fashion space on the Fashion Trust Arabia Advisory Board. The 2025 Advisory Board is once again composed of some of the most respected names in fashion, whose collective vision will determine the 21 finalists chosen from across the MENA region. These finalists will go on to present their work to the Advisory Board and Jury during the awards, with the opportunity to take their brand to extraordinary new heights. This year's board is made up of many industry heavyweights including: Reem Acra, Khalid Al Tayer, Adam Baidawi, Nordine Benotmane & Juan Costa, Carmen Busquets, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, Delfina Delettrez, Anna Dello Russo, Dilara Fındıkoğlu, Nina Garcia, Sofia Guellaty, Beka Gvishiani, Ana Khouri, Clare Waight Keller, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Mary Katrantzou, Kevin Tekinel & Charles Levai, Saloni Lodha, Saif Mahdhi, Sara Sozzani Maino, Erdem Moralıoğlu, Ugo Mozie, Carlos Nazario, Gaia Repossi, Simone Rocha, Ferdinando Verderi, Wayman & Micah. Their insight, expertise and global perspective set the stage for a new generation of design voices to rise. Their job is simple, yet not easy at all: slim down the hundreds of applications to 21 finalists across seven categories. The FTA has proven over the last seven years, is that it has a deep commitment to meaningful, long-term impact in the world of fashion and beyond. Winners across the main categories will receive financial grants between $100,000 and $200,000, tailored to the size and scope of their brand. Then there's also the Franca Sozzani Debut Talent Award – named in honour of the legendary editor – includes a dedicated $50,000 prize to support early-stage innovation. Designers are not only awarded funds; they're also connected right into the fashion world. Winning collections will be stocked for one season by international retail giant Harrods and regional leader Ounass, giving designers the rare opportunity to step directly into the global retail space. Through a mix of financial backing, mentorship, and international exposure, FTA is creating real, lasting opportunities for Arab designers and positioning them at the forefront of the global fashion map.
Vogue
30-06-2025
- Business
- Vogue
Maria Cornejo Shifts Her Business Strategy
Maria Cornejo, winner of the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, poses with Laura Linney at the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards. On Saturday, Zero Maria Cornejo made an announcement on Instagram: 'Starting with fall 2025, our focus will shift to the best-selling styles that have become beloved parts of our wardrobes, with an emphasis on producing mindfully with upcycled fabrics in our archives.' Mindful design—meaning sourcing responsibly made fabrics or using her own leftover inventory—has been at the heart of Cornejo's practice for years, but this is different. Cornejo and her business partner Marysia Woroniecka are adjusting the way they operate. Relying on existing patterns won't just eliminate the costs of product development, it will also free up Cornejo for other projects: She's been organizing her storage facility with an eye to donating pieces to museums in the US and Europe. Cornejo opened her first store in NoLIta in 1998 and her vision was clear from the beginning. A preference for geometric cuts that never fail to flatter the body helped her build an arty, avant garde clientele: artist Cindy Sherman, model Stella Tennant, actress Chloe Sevigny, jewelry designer Jill Platner. Ten years later, she moved into the boutique she occupies today on Bleecker Street, leading a revitalization of her block. In 2023 she won the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the CFDA. Independent designers have been hard hit by the economic downturn that began last year, and the situation has only been exacerbated by the US administration's tariff changes. But the Zero Maria Cornejo brand has a couple of factors going for it: Cornejo has always favored timelessness over trends, and the consistency of her vision has produced a loyal client base. Plus: she's been designing for 27 years, she has a lot of patterns at her fingertips. 'My goal was always to make clothes that were good heirlooms or good vintage, and not to be disposable,' she said over Zoom. 'Of course, I love fashion, but I do like the idea of things being sort of ageless and having longer than a season's worth of life. And I think the clients like that.' Indeed they seem to. In the comments section of her Instagram post, one customer wrote: 'I've worn your long Issa dress in a few different fabrics for as long as you've made it. Another cheered the decision. 'Here's to the classics! Here's to evolution!' Cornejo is all positivity on that Zoom call. 'I think it's a good model, because I think people are really overwhelmed. People are visually oversaturated.' There does seem to be a movement toward simplicity afoot. 'We're giving clients what they want,' said Cornejo. 'And we won't have to work as hard. It's also like a life decision, you know. We think it will liberate us to get organized and sort of see what, what other things we could do, what other opportunities there are.'
