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Label: Country: For designer Ruchika Sachdeva meditative and communal elements of Eastern philosophy are an ongoing influence. Based in New Delhi, Sachdeva completed her studies at the London College of Fashion. She founded Bodice in 2011, is a recipient of the 2014 Vogue India Fashion Fund and featured on the 2015 Forbes India list of 30 Under 30. Label: Country Nour Najem was born and raised in Beirut and graduated in fashion design from Esmod Beirut in 2012. Throughout her career, she has interned with Lebanese designers, including Elie Saab, Rabih Kayrouz and Caroline Seikaly. She launched her eponymous fashion label in the spring of 2013. Nour combines strict geometry and architecture all the while being anchored in her oriental heritage. In 2014, Nour launched the Kenzah foundation, in parallel to her luxury fashion brand. Through this NGO, she works with talented artisans, using overlooked craftsmanship with the hope of empowering women who come from underprivileged backgrounds. Label: Country “Pero” means “to wear” in Marwari, the local language of Rajasthan, and interprets international aesthetics using local materials and skills. The label was founded by fashion designer Aneeth Arora who calls herself a “textile and dress maker” and is fascinated and inspired by the clothing and dressing styles of the local people. The Indianess of Pero rests in the textile process, where materials pass through the hands of one craftsperson to the other, belonging to different parts of India carrying forward the tradition of the hand made, and creating pieces that are unique. Label: Country Timi Hayek completed her BA in Fashion Print at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London in 2012. In 2010 she won the Liberty Art Fabrics Award, where her print design was sold at Liberty & Co. She completed a Diploma in Professional studies in 2011, working for Marc Jacobs in Louis Vuitton and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac in Paris. In 2014, she launched her eponymous label under the support of The Starch Foundation. She presented three collections with Fashion Forward in Dubai, before opening her first studio boutique in Beirut in 2015. Label: Country Zonia Anwaar’s eponymous womenswear label was launched in 2011, with the aim of offering edgy, contemporary designs with an understated elegance. A graduate of the Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design, and later educated at L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Cou ture, Paris, Anwaar’s signature of feminine designs, practical and experimental silhouettes has earned her a popular reputation.