After her debut in Paris, couturier Sara Chraibi pays tribute to Morocco at Dubai Trend Week
DUBAI: The one lady from the Center East and North Africa area on the official Paris Haute Couture Week calendar, Moroccan designer Sara Chraibi introduced her newest assortment to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to showcase on the Week of Dubai Trend, simply days after the road debuted in France.
Based in 2012, their Rabat-based model was one in every of 5 Arab-led manufacturers that walked the January version of Paris Haute Couture Week. Lebanese artists Georges Hobeika, Elie Saab and Zuhair Murad, in addition to the Saudi-led, Paris-based label Ashi Studio, accomplished the listing.
Kaftans and coats got here in semi-transparent materials coated with beads. (Equipped)
Different notable names on the coveted official calendar included Chanel, Valentino, Giorgio Armani Prive, Jean Paul Gaultier and Schiaparelli.
Their accountability as the one girls from the Center East and North Africa area on the hallowed listing will not be misplaced on Chraibi, who spoke to Arab Information backstage at her present in Dubai.
“It’s one thing essential, particularly as a result of I’m the one lady. By presenting myself as an Arab designer, I’m very happy with it and I need to give extra as a result of I really feel like I symbolize one thing,” she stated.
Coppery browns, blush tones and deep, darkish corals had been offset by luxurious gold and bronze elaborations. (Equipped)
Chraibi is thought to attract inspiration from his dwelling nation and that spirit was on show at his exhibition on the Dubai Design District.
“That is impressed by Moroccan resilience, particularly after (the) earthquake, and I needed to pay tribute to that resilience,” the designer stated, referring to the September 2023 earthquake that hit the nation’s Marrakech-Safi area.
“I used earthy tones and I needed to make one thing very private and share it with Dubai,” he added of the gathering, which is titled “La Terre” or “The Earth.”
Chiffon was used to nice impact, whereas caftans and coats got here in semi-sheer materials coated in beading. (Equipped)
Coppery browns, blush tones and deep, darkish corals had been offset by luxurious gold and bronze elaborations in a group that featured intricate beading paying homage to layered rock formations.
Chiffon was used to nice impact, whereas caftans and coats got here in semi-sheer materials coated in beading.
The opening look of the evening featured an outsized coat patterned after the brick archways and columns of the Tinmel Mosque within the Atlas Mountains, which was destroyed by the earthquake.
The opening look of the evening featured an outsized coat patterned after the brick archways and columns of the Tinmel Mosque within the Atlas Mountains, which was destroyed by the earthquake. (Equipped)
“Once I began engaged on my assortment, it was essential to have my very own tone of voice,” stated the designer about why she seems to be to Morocco as a supply of inspiration, each due to the story behind every assortment and the traditional traditions. Moroccan artisan strategies that she makes use of.
“Bringing part of my heritage and bringing part of who (I’m) as a designer was a part of this problem… it is essential for me to symbolize my tradition, however in a recent manner. In a manner that’s not cliché and creating my very own tone of voice,” she added.
Chraibi counts Moroccan singers Manal and Asma Lmnawar and French-Moroccan actress Ouidad Elma amongst her followers and is increasing her shopper listing to incorporate discerning purchasers from throughout the area, together with the Gulf.
The designer studied structure in Rabat after which in Paris, the place she graduated in philosophy and idea of structure. Her debut at Paris Haute Couture Week in January 2023 showcased a group that mixed conventional Moroccan craftsmanship with fashionable components and supplies.