Dubai News

IN a welcome contradiction to the Filipino diaspora, fashion designers who are making it big abroad are coming home to showcase their world-class creativity. Cary Santiago came back from Beirut, Lesley Mobo from London, Robin Tomas from New York and Oliver Tolentino from Hollywood. From Dubai came Furne One and Michael Cinco. For a much-anticipated Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2012 premier presentation, four United Arab Emirates fashion impresarios (Albert Andrada, Bandoix Flores Nebria, Butz Read more [...]

The global financial situation has hit Dubai’s Jumeirah Janes where it hurts... in their designer handbags. The bosses of newly-opened handbag spa Lovin’ My Bags at the Palm Strip shopping mall in Jumeirah, said they’ve had women flocking to avail their services. They have given their favourite Chanel, Gucci, Balenciaga, Mui Muis and Louis Vuittons to special treatments - to take years off them - and save the thousands of dirhams it would cost to buy new accessories. ​ Jumeirah Read more [...]

Subhadra Devan takes a sneak peek at a few new series and shows that can add sparkle and depth to the weekend television viewing A scene from Bhopali Posh Spice On Victoria FASHION designer and style icon Victoria Beckham discusses her design philosophy and her experiences entering the fashion industry on CNN’s Talk Asia today. In Hong Kong for the launch of a new line for her label, Read more [...]

May 18--DUBAI � In a fashion befitting the bombastic rhetoric and larger than life action Akshay Kumar�s latest picture promises, the frenetic promotion of swashbuckling flick Rowdy Rathore got underway in Dubai on Thursday with a whirlwind tour of the city.A packed press conference at the Grand Hyatt saw Akshay and co-lead Sonakshi Sinha, accompanied by director Prabhu Deva, drive up to the hotel on the back of a traditional removal truck -- a tongue-in-cheek indication Read more [...]

Newcastle based creative agency, Cravens, has expanded with the opening of an office in Dubai after winning its first UAE client. The company was tasked with the launch of new fashion watch retailer,1915, from Ahmed Seddiqi Sons, into the Dubai consumer market. The brief was to appeal to the fashion followers of the nation and to tease them with the arrival of a new fashion brand, building up to the launch of the first stores in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. Steve Carroll, creative director Read more [...]

Robin Givhan, then The Post’s fashion critic, picked the winner: Ermilio.The win was a hint at a bright future for the Philadelphia native. So what has happened since then? To refresh your memory: Her family has a storied history in textiles. Her grandfather designed for Grace Kelly; her father runs his own bespoke tailoring business.“I’d grown up in it, and I had absolutely no desire to design clothing whatsoever,” Ermilio remembers of her formative years. “I think that everybody in my Read more [...]

Asda has signed a franchise deal with a Lebanon-based firm to take its George budget clothing brand to the region. Rival Tesco has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia's largest shopping mall owner, to push its FF clothing range into becoming an international fashion brand. Newspaper and stationary retailer WH Smith has also announced expansion plans in the UAE while department store House of Fraser is set to open its doors in Abu Dhabi next year. A retail property expert based Read more [...]