Decent Fashion Festival "Modest Fashion Day"
Decent Fashion Festival "Modest Fashion Day"
Time: 6:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. GMT) on May 18
Decent Fashion Festival "Modest Fashion Day" was held in Kazan for the sixth time. Ten designers from seven countries presented their collections. Russia was represented by BURO BANU (Kazan) and residents of Moscow Fashion Week - Zuhat (Moscow) and ALENA MUSAEVA (Volgograd). Melinda Looi (Malaysia), MONIKA JUFRY (Indonesia), Dalinda Paris (France), Moda Safi (the UAE), Thoraya Al Awadhi (the UAE), Senegal Fashion Show (Senegal) and Nurzat Zheenbek (Kyrgyzstan) also held shows.
"I am a Muslim woman from Europe and it is very difficult for women like me to succeed. When I created my collection, I was inspired by women from all over the world: Muslim, Arab. In the collection you can see the simplicity of European countries and the uniqueness, the sophistication of the East. These two qualities are combined in my collection," Paris-based designer Dalinda Ghoul said.
UAE designers, Moda Safi Bureau, said: "We are Moda Safi from Dubai, we produce clothes from recycled materials and help nature. In this collection we want to show different types of clothes: abaya, traditional Arab dress, and other types of clothes. Clothes for women should be modest and highlight the beauty of a woman. Right now, we are using polyester, which is a synthetic material, but we are in the process of switching to natural materials, like cotton, to help nature. It takes a long time to make clothes. This collection took three months to create, we had to choose the materials, harmonize everything. We were inspired by Islamic architecture, you can see Islamic motifs on our dresses. We analyze customers, think about their interests, and then we start to bring ideas to life. When we created the collection, the main focus was on Middle Eastern fashion."
The 15th International Economic Forum "Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum 2024" is being held on May 14-19 in Kazan. This year's keynote is "Trust and Cooperation." The main goal of the forum is to strengthen trade and economic, scientific and technical, social and cultural ties between Russian regions and the countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as well as to promote the development of the Islamic financial system institutions in Russia.