Saudi Arabia held its first vogue present that includes swimsuit fashions on Friday, at a poolside occasion that includes the design of Moroccan designer Yasmina Qanzal.
The present primarily featured one-piece fits in shades of pink, beige and blue.
Qanzal mentioned AFP: “Once we arrived right here, we understood swimsuit parade in Saudi Arabia is a historic second, as a result of it’s the first time that an occasion of this sort has been held.”
The inaugural Purple Sea Style Week befell on the St Regis Purple Sea Resort, which is a part of Saudi Arabia's Imaginative and prescient 2030 social and financial reform programme.
The complicated is a part of Purple Sea World, one of many mammoth initiatives overseen by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Whereas attending Friday's historic vogue occasion, Syrian vogue influencer Shouq Mohammed mentioned it was not shocking contemplating Saudi Arabia's efforts to turn into extra international and increase its tourism and vogue industries.
In keeping with a report printed final yr by the Official Saudi Style Fee, the style trade employed 230,000 folks in 2022 and generated $12.5 billion, or 1.four% of the nation's gross home product (GDP).
Raphael Simacourbe, a French influencer who additionally attended the style occasion on Friday, mentioned there was nothing daring in her eyes, however within the Saudi context it was an necessary achievement.