Top designers in Dubai?

[foto-z]

I just arrived in Dubai and would like to get up to speed on the local fashion scene. Does anyone know who the top 10 or 20 designers are, or where I could find this information? I had a look at the Dubai Fashion Week exhibitor list but most of them seemed to be from the Middle East and the subcontinent rather than Dubai itself.

 

[foto-z]

anyone?

 

[BornToBe]

well I recently move to the UAE as well, and at the moment there aren't any really big names in fashion who are actually Emiratie. I think that might change in coming years because of the two new fashion courses which have recently started here......I think that most people simply buy typical luxury brands from Europe.

 

[mistress_f]

try here, http://www.satellitevoices.com/dubai/fashion maybe you'll find something that can interest you?

 

[foto-z]

well I recently move to the UAE as well, and at the moment there aren't any really big names in fashion who are actually Emiratie.

It isn't important to me where they come from, I am just curious who is based here in Dubai. I have managed to find a few names so far such as Ezra Santos, Michael Cinco, Furne One.

 

[foto-z]

try here, http://www.satellitevoices.com/dubai/fashion maybe you'll find something that can interest you?

Thanks, I did find a few new names there

 

[MimiV]

Dubai fashion week was quite recently, maybe you could google which designers showed there?

 

[foto-z]

Dubai fashion week was quite recently, maybe you could google which designers showed there?

Thanks, but... did you read my original post?

 

[MimiV]

Thanks, but... did you read my original post?

I did, I just don't really understand. Do you require the designer to be born and raised in Dubai? A lot of middle easterners are based in Dubai because of the Dubai-market and its opportunities, and this includes designers.

Karl Lagerfeld isn't born and raised in Paris but his brands are based there, he shows his collection there and is therefore considered a french designer. So even if these designers are born in other middle eastern countries, their brands are still based in Dubai - which makes them designers in Dubai.

 

[foto-z]

The problem with DFW is that half of the exhibitors there are not from Dubai at all - they are based in other Middle Eastern or Asian countries and just come to the event to gain publicity. I am looking for designers who work out of Dubai.