FFWD ends in a celebration
Designers get cheerful as final day of showcases for next spring brings out a fun vibe
The third and final day of Fashion Forward Dubai (FFWD) season eight showcases ended in a celebration on Sunday, as a cheerful theme ran throughout the springsummer previews.
Dubai menswear designer Varoin Marwah started the day with his FFWD debut and had the ocean as his muse. Called Aquadip, Marwah played with geometry in his blue-tinged collection, and looked like he had a lot of fun creating it. From sporty jackets to formal suits, he bathed his collection with colours drawn from the ocean, with a bit of grey sky and trees thrown in.
“The collection has a lot of future reflected throughout and I am a firm believer in pushing the boundaries,” he said.
Starch Foundation, the Lebanese platform for emerging designers brought three labels to FFWD. It started with Salim Azzam’s serene collection, which featured beautifully embroidered shirts, many taking on androgynous proportions. The show turned into a ’70s discotheque when Lobnan Mahfouz sent out his models, both men and women, dancing. His almost entirely black collection for his label Perverse came with smatterings of gold, an ode to iconic club Studio 54.
“I am an old soul at heart,” Mahfouz said laughing about the era of his inspiration. His fellow Starch Foundation designer Timi Hayek took us to Scotland, with her