Who will be the UAE’s next top fashion designer? A project launched by Vogue Italia and The Dubai Mall will scout for aspiring designers in the country for the next edition of Vogue Fashion Dubai Experience. The event, held in October last year, saw top-notch celebrities including supermodel Naomi Campbell attend a fashion show by pre-screened regional designers at the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
UAE footwear brand Tamashee steps up Khaleeji fashion
Tamashee is the brain child of Emirati entrepreneur Mohammad Kazim and his four partners. It is a made-in-UAE footwear brand, inspired by sandals popularly worn in the Arabian gulf called zbairiya, but with a 21st Century twist. From their website, Tamashee introduces the brand as: Tamashee evolves traditional Arabian footwear to a fashionable product that appeals to you. … [Read more...]
UAE’s Crystal Group to open five venues in 2014
The Crystal Group, the Dubai based hospitality management company, has announced that it is to open five new F&B and entertainment concepts across Dubai and Abu Dhabi this year. The new venues will include the 40Kong rooftop lounge in The H Hotel, Dubai; People Abu Dhabi nightclub in The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi; and a new, as yet unnamed, beach club … [Read more...]
Rise in Middle East men opting for plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is no longer a taboo subject in the Middle East and has become common place in many part of the region, with the trend now increasingly including men looking to defy the aging process. Though the number of women that go under the knife still outweighs the number of males, reports from the American society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) have been showing a … [Read more...]
Top chef Heinz Beck to launch restaurant in Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah
Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah has announced the launch of a new culinary partnership with internationally acclaimed three-star Michelin chef and author Heinz Beck. The New York-inspired offering 'Social by Heinz Beck' is the latest fine-casual dining concept to be added to Dubai's burgeoning restaurant landscape. A statement said the new restaurant combines a fine … [Read more...]