Dubai
The recent Resort ’14 Chanel show held in the city in the month of May firmly placed Dubai as a serious contender among the world’s most fashionable cities. And if its distinction of having the world’s largest shopping mall—the Dubai Mall—wasn’t enough, plans to build the Mall of the World are underway, a domed city slated to house theme parks, wellness resorts, and the world’s newest largest mall, measuring eight million square feet.