Fashion Trust Arabia, a fashion foundation dedicated to spotlighting Middle Eastern talent, announced the seven winners of the awards on Monday.
The awards ceremony was postponed this year due to the escalating conflict in the Middle East and was scheduled to take place in Doha, Qatar on October 25, 2023. After two days of deliberation, Fashion Trust Arabia selected women’s wear designer Amir Al Kazm and Renaissance Renaissance founder Cynthia Merhej as the winners in the eveningwear category.
The finalists were selected by a jury that included Sheikha AlMayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who founded the trust in 2018, and fashion writer Tania Fares.
Other winners included Beirut, Lebanon-based designer Ahmed Amer in the ready-to-wear category, British-Lebanese jewellery designer Katarina Tarazi in the jewellery category and design duo Omar Taha and Lily Max of eyewear brand A Better Feeling in the accessories category. Menswear designer Adam Eliasse won the Franca Sozzani Debut Talent Award, while Nigerian designer Adeju Thompson, founder of the Lagos Space Programme, won the Guest Country Award.
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Fashion Trust Arabia Awards postponed due to Middle East conflict
Fashion Trust Arabia has postponed its annual awards ceremony, which was scheduled to take place in Doha, Qatar, on October 25, due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
