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We’ve all heard of the wave-making Red Sea Film Festival but has the Red Sea Fashion Week made it onto your radar?
Capitalising on the Kingdom’s infatuation with elite apparel and unique creativity, the Saudi Fashion Commission‘s latest initiative blends the two seamlessly. Launching on May 16, 2024, the inaugural Red Sea Fashion Week will be a blend of traditional fashion shows, exciting activations and more.
Ending on May 18, the three-day fashion extravaganza will begin with an all-encompassing opening show before melting into an array of catwalks and events. Making space for all, the inaugural week will feature luxury, ready-to-wear, jewellery and resortwear labels on their agenda. With the full schedule finally announced, we bring you all the regionally, and internationally, loved brands that will be owning the catwalk this year.
Fittingly held at the mesmerising St. Regis Red Sea Resort, the front-row seating will undoubtedly be filled with some noteworthy faces. From media and influencers to buyers and celebrities, the first-ever Red Sea Fashion Week sets out to be an unmissable event for fashion insiders and enthusiasts.
Red Sea Fashion Week: Full Schedule
A jam-packed three-day affair, the inaugural show isn’t only a time for runway extravaganzas but also intimate showrooms with specific designers. Making space for womenswear, swimwear and beyond, find all the official details of the Red Sea Festival below.
May 16, 2024
- Tima Abid – Haute couture
May 17, 2024
- EAU – Swimwear
- Sara Al Twaim – Ready-to-wear
- Yasmina Q – Womenswear
May 18, 2024
- Hada Ghaleb – Swimwear
- Niluu – Loungewear
- Rebirth – Ready-to-wear
Designer Showrooms
- Jubb
- 1886
- Zayan
- Apoa
- Hauruss
- RBA New York
- Earth & Spirit Within 5149
- Chaldene
- Niluu
- Ivori Fashion
- Saneem Jewelery
- Hira
- La Milanesa
- De Siena
The Growing Saudi Fashion Scene
In 2023 alone Saudi Arabian shoppers spent over $7.3 billion USD globally shipping clothing, jewellery, accessories and more to their homes, showcasing to the world just how much influence the Kingdom has on the fashion industry as a whole.
So much so that the Kingdom’s leaders outline bolstering the Saudi fashion scene in the nationwide Vision 2030 initiative. Centred around advancing the Kingdom’s already upward-facing trajectory, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister-backed agenda sets out to highlight and platform local talent to a global stage. Pivoting Saudi Arabia into a cultural hub, the bustling fashion scene is another avenue of creativity and vision that the nation can spotlight.
From gothic modest streetwear to culturally attuned avant-garde eveningwear, the labels the nation births know no shortage of unique expressions or approaches. Seamlessly fusing heritage with glamour and style, the KSA-bred designers reimage existing genres of fashion in novel ways.
Right around the corner, we excited await for the Saudi-led glamour to unfold lat this month. Bringing in an array of fashion-infused merriment, the first-ever Red Sea Fashion Week will be nothing short of a breathtaking spectacle.
