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Designer Amina Muaddi celebrates her birthday in style

- Arab News Dubai Instagram

Celebrity-loved footwear designer Amina Muaddi had an early birthday celebratio­n this week with her friends and colleagues.

The shoemaker, who is of Jordanian and Romanian descent but grew up in Italy, turns 37 on June 2. To mark the special occasion, Muaddi got together with some of her closest friends.

The entreprene­ur, who wore a long brown leather dress, shared snippets of her pre-birthday bash on her Instagram Stories. Muaddi’s celebrity friends including US model and socialite Lori Harvey took to Instagram to share pictures. “Happy birthday my baby Amina Muaddi. It’s always a party when we get together. I hope you have the best day ever. Can’t wait to celebrate you,” Harvey wrote on her Stories. Egyptian Moroccan Dutch model Imaan Hammam also posted a picture. “It’s my sis Amina Muaddi’s birthday y’all!” she wrote on Instagram. The pair have previously collaborat­ed on a special campaign that paid tribute to their Arab roots. Hammam starred in the August 2022 campaign that was shot in Cairo. The videos and images featured Hammam in multiple scenarios, including standing alongside a white Arabian horse and posing atop intricatel­y woven rugs. The model wore strappy square stilettos, satin pointedtoe pumps and transparen­t platforms that were embellishe­d with Muaddi’s iconic sparkly detailing.

Muaddi certainly has a lot to celebrate as she is at the helm of one of the most in-demand footwear labels in the industry. She launched her eponymous footwear line in August 2018, about one year after departing from her role as co-founder and creative director of luxury footwear label Oscar Tiye.

The creator also helped design the shoes for Rihanna’s Fenty collection. The collaborat­ion was so successful that it received the Collaborat­or of the Year award at the 34th edition of the FN Achievemen­t Awards in 2020. A year later, she landed a spot on Women’s Wear Daily and Footwear News’ 50 Most Powerful Women list.

The most recent A-list star to step out in her heels is Beyonce. She wore Muaddi’s Begum PVC glass pumps in London, on her Renaissanc­e World Tour.

Muaddi wore a long brown leather dress to her early birthday celebratio­n.

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Getty Images Amina Muaddi’s birthday is on June 2.

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