September, 2016

• 24 September

  Huawei Arab Fashion Week to return this October

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The Arab Fashion Council (AFC), a Dubai based non-profit fashion association promoting ‘Ready-Couture’ from around the world has officially announced the venue for the third edition of the highly anticipated Huawei Arab Fashion Week (HAFW). The bi-annual event is taking place from October 6-10 at the iconic Meydan Hotel and will be presented by Huawei. ...

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• 24 September

  Blurred lines help couture king to ready-to-wear success

    Milan / AFP Giambattista Valli says his fledgling ready-to-wear line is thriving — thanks to spillover synergy from a haute couture operation that has made him a darling of the celebrity A-list set. The Paris-based Roman designer has made his name with spectacularly beautiful and eye-wateringly expensive made-to-measure creations for the likes of singer Rihanna, George Clooney’s wife Amal ...

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• 24 September

  Gucci in the pink as Michele turns up the flamboyance

  AFP Alessandro Michele unveiled his most extravagantly flamboyant Gucci collection yet on Wednesday with a pink-hued spectacular on the opening day of the latest Milan fashion week. The Roman designer credited with reviving the fortunes of what was a flagging brand returned to the themes that have underpinned his turnaround and, it seemed, pushed each envelope a little further. Androgynous ...

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• 24 September

  India’s prize-winning designer steadies for world stage

  

    New Delhi / AFP He shot onto the world stage after winning a glittering international fashion prize previously given to design icons Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. Yet India’s Suket Dhir — hailed by Vogue as a potential “global fashion superstar in the making” — is uneasy about the sudden attention that has come with winning the International ...

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• 24 September

  Fendi flashes glitter lips this summer

    AFP With the help of superstar models Gigi and Bella Hadid, Karl Lagerfeld unveiled his vision of what stylish young women will be wearing next summer: glitter lips and big pants that everyone can see. The veteran German designer’s latest work for Fendi was a playful affair — or “decorative opulence twisted with an athletic elan,” as he put ...

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• 24 September

  Art rescues dying town

  

    Favara / DPA Ten years ago, Favara was a sleepy dormitory town of 30,000 in Italy with a crumbling and rapidly depopulating historic centre surrounded by the messy urban sprawl that is common across Italy. It has become an unlikely tourist hotspot, thanks to an enterprising local couple whose buzzing contemporary art centre, Farm Cultural Park, has reawakened civic ...

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• 24 September

  Lebanese shun pricey, polluted beaches for trips abroad

  

    Beirut / AFP Lebanese like Hamza al-Sees should have no problem finding a beach to while away the summer in a country stretching along the Mediterranean. But as private developers have gobbled up seafront land and families complain of ever-more polluted waters, many Lebanese say it is cheaper and cleaner to fly abroad than go to the beach at ...

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• 22 September

  UAE a global bunkering hub now: Fujairah CP

  

    Fujairah / WAM Fujairah’s quest to develop its energy sector within the UAE’s national energy strategy has catapulted the country to become a world leading bunkering hub, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, said on Thursday. “The launch on Wednesday of the first Very Large Crude Carrier Jetty on the Indian Ocean ...

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• 22 September

  Foreigners buys shares worth AED726.2 mn on DFM

    DUBAI / WAM Foreign investors purchased AED726.2 million worth of shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and sold AED664.4 million over the week, DFM said on Thursday. Net foreign investment on the market reached AED61.8 million as aggregate buy. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 48.1 percent of the total value of stocks traded during the ...

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• 22 September

  ME investors eye Antigua and Barbuda

  

    Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Antigua and Barbuda is expecting to see a significant boost in investment and travel from the Middle East. An exclusive exposition style conference is set to take place in October 2016 at Dubai’s Palazzo Versace Hotel highlighting the islands’ exceptional investor and citizenship benefits. Antigua and Barbuda’s low-tax structure, offering investment free from personal income ...

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