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Since 2008, Dubai-based Saudi designer Hatem AlAkeel has focused on updating traditional menswear in the Gulf region, creating a line of tailored thobes incorporating unexpected details straight out of Savile Row.
“When I initially launched my m...
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Each Ramadan we search for kaftans that are as modern and directional as the designer creations we feature at D’NA. This season we decided to tap the young London-based Bahraini designer Lulwa Al Amin to create a capsule collection of one-off kaft...
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Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni in one of the industry’s most highly respected fashion journalists, yet she is also one of its most down to earth; a trait we experienced firsthand during a chance encounter at Osman’s Paris showroom. We sat down with Nata...
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Edgardo Osorio knows a thing or two about creating desirable footwear. Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Osorio was raised between Miami and London, where he attended the London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins. After completing his studies...
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One of the industry's top intellectuals, Dr. Valerie Steele (Ph.D., Yale University) defies the notion that fashion is shallow and anti-feminist. Described by the Washington Post as one of the industry’s “brainiest women,” she gives fashion substa...
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Since launching his jewelry line in 2008, Eddie Borgo has attracted a steady following for his edgy and refined approach to adornment. Although based in New York, each season the designer crosses the Atlantic to Paris, where he presents his latest...
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Paris fashion week can often turn into a treasure hunt, as we crisscross the city from one buying appointment to the next. Behind hidden courtyards and imposing wooden doors lies a warren of immaculately conceived showrooms where designers present...
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One of the most respected health and fitness experts in the world, David Kirsch is the brainchild behind N.Y.’s award-winning Madison Square Club. For two decades he has whipped into shape some of fashion’s most iconic faces, including Sophie Dahl...
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Launched in 2008, Misela has attracted a loyal following for its mouthwatering selection of clutches, pochettes and handbags featuring vibrant geometric combinations of reds, pinks, yellows and blues. Serra Türker, the name behind the coveted line...
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Gilbert Halaby’s charming boutique is something of a hidden gem in Rome. Located on the narrow Via del Seminario, steps away from the Pantheon, this cabinet of luxurious curiosities has been attracting a loyal clientele since 2005. A trained archa...
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Cristina Viera-Newton first made her mark on the fashion world in the 1970s as a top model posing for the likes of Dior, Givenchy and Yves Saint Laurent. Today she is the co-founder and CEO of Tom Binns, working beside the talented jewelry designe...
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Frédéric Malle captured our attention back in 2000 when he opened his salon-style perfumery in Paris. A place where customers are invited to experience a carefully edited selection of fragrances that could best be described as atmospheric. The gr...
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A native of Detroit, Michigan, Vicki Beamon has called London home for the past 25 years. Together with her partners Karen and Eric Erickson, they are known for creating handcrafted statement jewelry, as well as their collaborations with designers...
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Chandrika Casali re-defined beauty in the 1970s. A Vogue model captured by the likes of Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin and Norman Parkinson, the legendary beauty shares her memories of an extraordinary career in fashion and life after modeling.
I was...
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Robert Burke is an authority on luxury, having spent over two decades as an executive at Ralph Lauren and Bergdorf Goodman. Able to spot emerging talent, he has nurtured a number of the industry’s most coveted names. Today he is the President and ...
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In between shows and buying appointments, Paris will often produce unexpected encounters with inspiring individuals. And so it was on a rainy afternoon that we were invited to meet Michele Lamy, Rick Owen’s wife and collaborator. The venue was the...
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Visiting Ben-Amun’s showroom during New York fashion week is akin to entering an Aladdin’s cave filled with a mouthwatering selection of glittering baubles. For over 30 years Isaac Manevitz, the Cairo-born son of a fabled jeweler to the court of K...
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A master of hair and makeup, Alexa Rodulfo has worked with some of the most influential faces in the industry. Traveling the world in search of inspiration for her luxurious line of scented candles, we recently caught up with the globetrotting Rod...
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At 80 Carmen Dell'Orefice is living proof that beauty gets better with age. In her 66 year career she has graced the cover of Vogue six times and strutted the runway for the likes of Gaultier, Mugler and Galliano. D’NA recently sat down with the s...
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Combing her twin passions for the environment and design, Péan creates eco-friendly jewelry made from sustainable and conflict-free materials. We spoke to the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist about her recent trip to Saudi Arabia and her exclusive...
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This month Nosh, the Riyadh-based label founded by Noura Al-Shaikh, débuts at D’NA. We sat down with the young talented fashion designer to talk about her love of travel and the challenges facing young Saudi designers today.
Did growing up in Sau...
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Reem Al Khalifa is the name behind Green Bar, an organic Bahrain-based skincare brand. Traveling the world in search of natural ingredients for her line, D’NA recently caught up with the globetrotting entrepreneur to talk about her latest tri...
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Few designers can boast of working in Hubert de Givenchy’s couture atelier, or seeing their gowns displayed on the cover of Vanity Fair and the gilded racks at Bergdorf Goodman. Yet in his 30 years in fashion Eric Gaskins has achieved all those th...
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Designer showrooms aren’t only about picking out clothes, but experiencing the signature and aesthetic of a brand. Amongst our favorites is Acne’s Paris showroom. The day we stopped by, we found an exotic palette that extended far beyond the rack...
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Skilled craftsmen and irreverent dreamers, Shane Gabier and Chris Peters are the names behind Creatures of the Wind, a label that has captured the fashion world’s attention. Debuting next spring at D’NA, we sat down with the designers to talk abou...
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Part of a new generation of independent designers blowing the dust off haute jewelry, Wifredo Rosado creates heirloom-worthy pieces with a twist. Handcrafted in Paris and Italy, his whimsical designs wed couture-level workmanship with a subversive...
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Amongst insiders, Rabih Kayrouz is arguably Lebanon’s greatest fashion export. Yet he is also firmly entrenched within the Paris fashion establishment, counting Lou Lou de la Falaise amongst his ardent fans. At 16 he left Lebanon to study at the p...
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Delfina Delettrez opens the door to her chic Paris apartment and talks to D’NA about growing up in a creative family and her favorite places to visit in Rome.
Delfina Delettrez's charming pied-à-terre in Paris’ 6th Arrondissement overlo...
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Zeina Durra has carved out a niche as an independent filmmaker with a unique perceptive.
Born and raised in London to a Bosnian/Palestinian mother and Jordanian/Lebanese father, Durra moved to New York to attend the graduate filmmaking program a...
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The New York based designer talks to D’NA about traveling to Dubai and how it inspired her latest collection.
Last fall I had an incredible trip to Dubai. It was my first time there and I fell in love....more specifically, I fell in love with t...
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To celebrate our fifth anniversary, D’NA has collaborated with So Passé on a unique exhibition bringing to life the legacy of Parveen Shaath.
A pioneer, Shaath established one of the Kingdom’s first fashion boutiques in the late 1950’s; exposin...
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An iconic face who redefined beauty in the 1990’s, Gurmit Kaur led an extraordinary modeling career as a muse to Yves Saint Laurent and Azzedine Alaïa. Today an accomplished jewelry designer and artist, the legendary model talks to D’NA about her ...
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The Kuwaiti Brooklyn-based composer, musician, curator and artist talks to D’NA about her evolving fashion tastes, growing up in Kuwait, and how it all inspires her artistically.
What is your earliest fashion memory?
When I was 13, I was addict...
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At 25 Francis Kurkdjian created his first perfume, Le Mâle, for Jean Paul Gaultier . Since then he has developed a string of fragrances for the likes of Guerlain, Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, Lanvin and Dior. Launching his own fragrance house in 2...
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Despite photography’s prominence, fashion illustration continues to hold a certain allure within the industry. Jean-Philippe Delhomme’s painterly brushstrokes for Barney’s ad campaigns, Ruben Toledo’s whimsical watercolors for Nordstrom, and David...
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Best known as the face of countless covers and ad campaigns, this mother of three has also devoted her life to a cause dear to her heart. Vodianova talks to D’NA about giving back to her native Russia and her first trip to the Middle East.
Why d...
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Tim Long holds the keys to an extraordinary collection, one that has been a secret amongst scholars and fashion insiders for decades. In recent years the young curator of costume at the Chicago History Museum has been bursting that bubble of secre...
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As the name behind Bahrain’s chicest interiors, Ammar Bashir is known for his ability to transform spaces into inspiring environments. For the first time he opens the doors to his design studio and talks to D’NA about his work.
How did you becom...
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When the German fashion photographer F.C. Gundlach travelled to the Middle East for the first time in 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser had just taken power in Egypt and was opposing British and French power in the Suez Canal. It was the pinnacle of pan-Ar...
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Kuwaiti designer Sheikha Souad J. Al-Sabah opens the doors to her personal archive of vintage kaftans and shares her thoughts on the garment’s enduring cross-cultural appeal.
When did you start collecting vintage kaftans?
I began collecting ...
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