It was announced today that two of the most glamurous Italian Designers were coming to Abu Dhabi to present their Collections at the Launch Event for the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week: one of which is Valentino …….with Valentino, celebrating in Abu Dhabi his 45th anniversary Haute Couture Collection through a landmark show, a tribute to all his faithful clients and followers in the region…
These Fashion Maestro’s will be showcasing their Latest Spring/ Summer Collections fresh from the Catwalks of Paris and Milan. Mario Boselli, the president of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, the association promoting the Italian Fashion Industry and the strategic partner of the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week said:
“The response from our Members to the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week has been amazing, Abu Dhabi and the markets that surround it are seen as critical new markets for the Fashion Industry and we are very please that two of Italy’s leading Designers will be headlining the international presence in Abu Dhabi.”
Regional Designers will also highlight the Launch of the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week with their exclusive Collections. Rami Al Ali, to present a magnificent collection is one of the Arabic Designers that will showcase at the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week. Rami commented on his participation by saying:
“I am honored to represent my collection next to a designer like Valentino ”He added this event and this collaboration will allow Arab designers to go global and step on the international scene”
A spokesperson of Maven the organizers of Abu Dhabi Fashion Week said:
“These Designers can be counted amongst the elite of the International and Regional fashion world. The Launch of the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week will provide an amazing and glamorous insight into the latest sophistications and trends from the global fashion scene and act as a showcase for the dynamic creativity of the regional fashion industry”.
International press, media, buyers and VIPs are showing great interest and enthusiasm for the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week seeing it as something new and different and many of them are taking the opportunity to visit the dynamic city of Abu Dhabi for the first time.
The Launch Event for the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week is taking place at the prestigious Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi between in 16th to 17th November, 2007.
Abu Dhabi Fashion Week has been created by Maven Corporate Ltd as part of the initiatives underway to develop in the United Arab Emirates a new centre for the fashion industry in the region. In this process, Maven has formed an alliance with Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (the organizers of Milan Fashion Week) to develop the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week into a glamorous, business driven international event.
In a unique step for the region, the Abu Dhabi Fashion Week will form part of the international fashion calendar alongside the fashion weeks in New York, London, Milano and Paris. The Abu Dhabi Fashion Week will be launched in Abu Dhabi at the Emirates Palace Hotel from the 16-17th of November, 2007. Announced sponsors for the event include Emirates Palace Hotel and ALDAR Properties .The event will be covered by FashionTV Arabia
Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (the National Chamber for Italian Fashion) is the not-for-profit Association which disciplines, co-ordinates and promotes the development of Italian Fashion.
The Association represents all the highest cultural values of Italian Fashion. It aims to protect, co-ordinate and strengthen its image, both in Italy and abroad. In accordance with the statutory provisions, the Association is the point of reference, as well as the preferential mouthpiece, for all the national and international initiatives aimed at valuing and promoting Italian style, customs and Fashion.
Right from the year of its foundation, in 1958, the Association has pursued a policy of organizational support aimed at the knowledge, promotion and development of Fashion through events with a highly intellectual image in Italy and abroad. Recent agreements over international calendars, which have led to the signing of the Italian-French agreement, have given Milan and the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana the role of undisputed protagonist on the international fashion scene, thus also contributing to the consolidation of alliances with London and New York.
Maven is an international company with offices in the UAE, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Brussels. Maven is a services company specializing in the fashion, apparel, textiles industry. The Company’s services focus on design, branding, marketing, retailing, sourcing and investment.
Maven works extensively with international and regional brands and retailers to assist them in expanding their operations into new markets and in creating the new structures, alliances and processes which allow them to do this in an optimal fashion. Maven maintains a global network of partners, clients and investors from North America, the EU and Asia, whilst focusing the bulk of its work on the Middle East & North Africa, South Asia and East Asia (SAMENA).
About: ALDAR Properties PJSC
ALDAR Properties PJSC is a premier property development, investment and management company and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It is trusted with the responsibility of creating multi-billion dirham civic projects to develop the capital, and is expanding internationally. Since launching in 2005, the company has announced projects worth more than $US 60 billion, in a property development portfolio diverse in scope and style, attracting considerable worldwide interest and inward investment. ALDAR owns a stockpile of over 30 million square metres of land at strategic locations throughout Abu Dhabi Emirate.
About: Abu Dhabi, UAE
At the southern edge of the Arabian gulf, Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE and largest of the seven Emirates is a progressive modern Arabian city of 1.7 million citizens set on a peninsular, its sandy coastline dotted with over 200 islands. With 9% of known oil and 5% of world gas reserves, Abu Dhabi is quickly becoming one of the world’s richest cities, diversifying its economy and dynamically expanding, with over $140 billion of investment over the next 5 years. People from far-flung corners of the world are settling to live and work, enjoying first-class shopping, elegant hotels and a unique culture in Abu Dhabi.
Placed between Europe and Asia, Abu Dhabi benefits from a cosmopolitan outlook in a politically stable country with a liberal economy. Arabic is the official language and English is widely spoken. A unique mix of culture and arts flourishes in Abu Dhabi. It is the new Middle-East location for the world-renowned Guggenheim and Louvre museums, along with a new performing arts centre, maritime museum and national museum. Diverse sports & leisure pursuits are part of the active lifestyle residents can enjoy and the most recently announced 2009 Formula 1™ Abu Dhabi Prix, Ferrari Theme Park and Warner Brothers Theme Park all situated on Yas Island, a 2,500 hectare Island being developed by ALDAR, which all create a synergy to Abu Dhabi also becoming increasingly popular as an exclusive tourist destination.
