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Middle East Fashion Week To Launch Spring 2021

Fashion Alert! The Middle East’s biggest fashion event makes its debut in Dubai.

If you’re anything like Team Gaggler and missing their twice-yearly fashion week fix, we have good news – Spring 2021 will see Dubai play host to the very first Middle East Fashion Week.

Dubbed the Middle East’s Biggest Fashion Event, and endorsed by the Middle East Fashion Council, MEFW will span five days and showcase the work of more than 20 fashion designers, with catwalk shows, fashion forums, trunk shows, VIP lunches, galas and awards ceremonies all celebrating the region’s unique and diverse fashion talent. 

Signing 10 fashion weeks over five years across the Middle East with founding partner, BurJuman Centre, and lead by Middle East Fashion Week’s founder and president, Antonio Rubel, the brand new event promises to be a significant springboard for launching Arab fashion talent to a global audience.

“The Middle East is the new fashion capital of the world and we want to shout about it,” said Antonio, whose vast experience in the industry has seen him mastermind nine fashion weeks in Dubai, two in Beirut, one in Riyadh and two Al Arabia Fashion Days in Moscow. “Middle East Fashion Week will be a magnificent concoction of creativity, flair, talent, and energy, showcasing fashion designers from around the world in one stunning location. We have been bringing fashion events to the region for more than seven years now, but this will be like nothing the Middle East has ever seen before.”

With more details due to be revealed in the coming weeks, we can’t wait to see what else is planned for what is sure to be a brilliant boost for the region’s fashion industry. Watch this space!

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Ghaliah Amin

At Home with Saudi Model Ghaliah Amin

Meet a woman on a mission.

In a world where impossible body types (read: skinny) are glorified, regardless of the cost, International No Diet Day is a celebration that deserves more recognition. Marked annually on May 6 to promote body acceptance and body shape diversity, it aims to help both men and women worldwide to appreciate their own bodies – a mission that Ghaliah Amin is all too familiar with.

She is widely hailed as Saudi Arabia’s first plus-size model, but in the process of breaking boundaries and defying stereotypes, prefers simply to be known as ‘a model from Saudi Arabia’. The Dubai-based model and TV host is also an outspoken body positivity activist – and full of surprises. For starters, she has a master’s degree in Art History and Museum Studies, a fact reflected in every inch of her eclectic apartment, where we spent an afternoon discussing filters, photo retouching, family pressure to lose weight, and the often-unseen resilience of Saudi women.

She also founded the Ana Ghaliah (I am precious) social media initiative to promote body positivity after first-hand witnessing the lack of diversity and inclusion in the fashion world. “Beauty is all about becoming the best version of you,” she says, setting out to remind all women that they’re precious, regardless of their shape or size. And because the correlation between a positive body image and improved mental health is undeniable, we’d be remiss not to celebrate this model – and role model – for her self-love message on International No Diet Day, today.

Watch The Video: Ghaliah Amin Gets Candid

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