“Saudi 100” is the brainchild of Burak Cakmak, former dean of fashion at Parsons.
The traveling fashion showcase, debuted in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, late last year. It is split into eight different categories—ready-to-wear, modest, concept, premiere, demi-couture, bridal, handbags, and jewelry—and represents the creative breadth and wonderful craftsmanship that the Kingdom’s designers, eighty percent of whom are women, offer. Many have never previously shown their work internationally.
The designers featured represent all levels of business development, from emerging brands launched by recent design school grads to establishment labels from two women in their seventies. Cakmak sites a Foz Couture gold-thread jumpsuit with matching cape and a Layla Moussa thoub hand-embroidered with chrysanthemum flowers as two highlights.
For Cakmak, the choice of New York for the exhibition’s first international stop was both personally and socio-culturally motivated. “I lived here for five years during my time at Parsons and I’ve always believed in the diversity of what New York has to offer in terms of culture,” he says. “And if you look at the history of fashion, clearly Paris has couture, but it it was New York that really made it a big business.
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