Beauty & Style | Monday 12 December, 2016 2:03 pm |

 Celebrating the screening of Collateral Beauty, which features leading Hollywood stars Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightly, Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren, Dubai Design District (d3) present DIFF Fashion Forward, a unique presentation of five couture designers who will each showcase SS’16 pieces on the red carpet on December 13th at the Dubai International Film Festival 2016 (DIFF).

Zareena, Amato, Michael Cinco, Ezra and Hussein Bazaza will present six couture creations from their SS’16 collections at the premiere of Collateral Beauty at 9:30pm.

Maitha Al Suwaidi, Director Partner Relations Management at Dubai Design District (d3) said, “We’re delighted to be partnering with Fashion Forward to present five couture designers at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival. We see this as an important platform to promote regional talent on global level, which not only demonstrates our ongoing support and commitment to the regions fashion industry but also underpins our goal of providing a sustainable industry ecosystem for fashion designers in the region.”

 

Bong Guerrero, CEO and co-founder of FFWD said, “We are thrilled to present five couture designers on the red carpet at DIFF for the first time in partnership with d3. DIFF is an important event in Dubai’s calendar that has gained global visibility and is an ideal opportunity for FFWD to showcase regional design talent outside of the bi-annual FFWD event. As the city’s creative eco-system continues to flourish FFWD is committed to forging long term relationships with entities such as DIFF to support establishing designers reach their full potential internationally. We believe such partnerships are key to succeeding in our mission to propel regional design talent.”