Runway Dubai 2021

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ISSUE #19 | VOL |2021 RWD|DATE|DECEMBER 2021

INSIDE.
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Welcome Message
Founder of Runway Dubai Fashion Show Modupe Omonze
welcomes you.
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2021 CATWALK Presentation Designers
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Awards
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Judges
www.runwaydubai.com

modupe
Modupe O Omonze
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Mila Anufrieva The woman on a mission
Last year September: I went to Guinea Conakry on behalf of the children's foundation. At that time, our organization was already gaining momentum, and
we’ve been helping more and more people. About a hundred albinos were meeting me at the airport departures – all impeccably dressed with wide smiles
on their faces. “Everyone looked so smart, and content – I suddenly had a flash through my head. I had already been aware of discrimination against
albinos in Africa, but haven't really seen the whole picture. At that moment the truth about being an albino was revealed. I'd like to tell you about our
boy Karim, one of the seven children who we saved and brought to our centre in Conakry. Luckily, I found him, we weren't able to pick him up from the
streets easily. Karim is an albino. A soulless tool for someone's wealth, that has no rights and is not considered a person in his family.
He is considered a slave.
He used to basically work on the streets collecting money for other people. Karim gets good alms as he is sick, and fragile. He has been hit by a car
twice. He needs treatment urgently, otherwise, he’ll lose all the chances to live! This is the sad reality: the more pity a child causes, the more money
they make from him on the streets. Now we are doing everything we can to take Karim and more kids like this to our shelter, we built for this purpose.
But it's not that simple. It’s impossible to just pick up someone else's child from the street even though he’s clearly being humiliated. Here in Africa
savagery coexists with civilized laws. To anyone reading this, just saving Karim and others like him from the streets is not enough. We need to keep a
permanent centre where kids saved from the streets could live safely and have a good life. Something and much as 5 dollars will go a long way. you
will never realize how much it means to us all.
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ASMA
SULTANA
My name is ASMA SULTANA, I am originally from Bangladesh. I started my journey as a
fashion entrepreneur back in 1997.
My inspiration comes from the wanderlust, with its sole inspiration deriving from
Paris, combining it with my Bangladeshi heritage.
All my collections are specially designed for my couture line “ZOAN ASH’’ which
features beautifully crafted gowns and dresses with carefully selected fabrics like
jamdani, Katan silk, chiffon, silk velvet including any kind of sustainable fabric adorned
with crystals, semi-precious stones, hand embroidery and sequins.
I am fascinated with fashion which drives me to do things like hand embroidery and
knitting from way back when I was a kid.
‘’ZOAN ASH’’ is here to tailor your designer dream into wonderful craft that will speak
royalty on its own.
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IMAN
HARTI
My name is Iman Harti, and I am a fashion designer from Morocco.
I am a person with strong creativity and intuition. I have a strong passion
For clothing, and an eye for style.
My latest collection is a combination of organza and lace with high couture style
hand painted
fabrics with a touch of sustainable aesthetics and unusual accessories to
complete the modern avant-garde look that generally appeals to everyone.
My brand is called MAISON H and my main objective is to let my true personality
shine through my designs.
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MARGARIDA
GONCALVES
My name is Margarida Goncalves, I am a fashion designer based in Portugal, and the
Founder of the brand Donna Noir.
“DONNA NOIR is for Both genders, for enthusiastic people that want to show up with
impressive looks matching their ideal of self-confidence and unbroken personality.
Saying genderless has the reason of believing that a man or woman should be free to
wear either pants or heels, normalizing the individual sense of style aesthetics, and at
least given a freedom of choice.
For me, it will be a pleasure being recognized as part of that change, together with so
many other designers across the world.
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Margarida Goncalves

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NIDHI
KUMAR
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My Name is Nidhi Kumar from India, I love fashion design that is why I
decided to start my brand called BYNK.
My present collection is designed purposely for not just a woman, but a
woman that seeks escape from the usual monotonous dresses that flood
the markets these days.
My collection is a sweet and sober mix of colors and prints with a dash of
elegance in every piece.
My designs are inspired by couture style but the twist is making it more
affordable and readily accessible to everyone.

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REENA
KHURRAM
My name is Reena Khurram, I am from Pakistan.
After enjoying more than a decade as a Homemaker and fulltime Mom, I decided to
explore my options into the business world. The first thing that came to mind was
designing my own clothing line.
Fashion and clothing is something that has always caught my attention.
As a fashion designer, I always think about how women can embrace their inner beauty &
strength which will reflect on their overall personality.
My Brand “R-Kouture”, will provide a diversified collection of Classy Attire, for
different body types,
making women feel confident, powerful and elegant at the same time.
R-Kouture believes in providing high quality attire with personalized services to clients
because every client is extremely valuable to us.
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SANIA
DANIEL
My name is Sania Daniel, the owner and designer for “The House Of Nubian” who
perseveres to showcase trendy and bespoke designs with a focus on elegance,
uniqueness and boldness.
The brand represents strong yet feminine Nubian Queens of ‘Old’ dubbed as “Wonder
Women,” who were defined by their strength, confidence & leadership all wrapped in an
embodiment of beauty.
The House of Nubian aims to produce innovative outfits that are a fusion of Middle
Eastern, British, European and African designs with an objective to give every woman
an experience. The designs are for the confident woman who desires to stand out from
the crowd.
The House of Nubian embraces the uniqueness of each elegant, strong and beautiful
woman, bringing out the warrior in them whilst emphasizing their beauty,
confidence and grace.
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ZINEB
MAAZOUZ
My name is Zineb Maazouz and I am from Morocco. I started my career as a flight
attendant until the Covid lockdown, which prompted me to focus on my love for fashion.
I am inspired by my mom who is a seamstress.
My brand name is Nobleza, a haute couture brand that introduces high-end and unique design.
Our specialty is wedding and evening dresses including caftans.
Our Runway collection is named Aicha Contessa inspired by Aicha who was a historical
legend from the 16th century. She was a noble lady, a resistance fighter known for her
strength, intelligence, cunning, and exceptional beauty, she fought against the
Portuguese colonization in Morocco.
Aicha Contessa would appear at night to the invaders, and used her beauty to lure them
to the isolated areas in mountains and executed them. I am really proud of my
collection.
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unway Dubai organized award ceremonies
during and after the Runway Dubai 2021
Fashion Show to students, and pioneers
for change in the Fashion Industry.
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Maher Al Khaja presents Mila Anufrieva with the most
inspiring person of the year award.

Award ceremony at the Westford University College Sharjah
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AWARD CEREMONIES AT THE
MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY AND
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE.
Capital University College
Middlesex University Dubai
Award ceremony with celebrity designer Walid Atallah

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The Runway Dubai
fashion talent initiative
The initiative is focused on supporting
emerging designers with mentoring and financial incentives to enhance the
startup and growth of their career in the UAE fashion industry.
Runway Dubai continuously seeks to identify fashion talents from the regions that have
the potential to be amongst the future trendse ers in the industry. The Emerging
Designer Contest is part of our efforts to reach this goal, paving the way for
opportunities to nurture and develop the fresh talents in the industry. This year, 29
participants have been selected across the region to showcase their talent on the
Runway Dubai platform. The theme for the season is “ 2 Cultures in 1 Garment”.
Participating candidates were provided 2 meters of fabric with the criteria of drawing
inspiration from any 2 cultures in the world to create one unique garment. The groundbreaking
results are a must see. All fashion design students received the Expo fashion
awards presented by Runway Dubai.
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Zainab Yousuf
Marwa Mohamed Ali
Meghna alvin williams
Fatema Raffique
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Expo fashion awards Inspiration: 2 cultures in 1 garment.

Vanessa Mangueira
Bindu aziz morkas
Westford University College
Abdelrahman noureldin
Expo fashion awards Inspiration: 2 cultures in 1 garment.
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Taimoor Faris Dabeer
Sandhya venkatesh
jeed zein & zulekha fatima
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Expo fashion awards Inspiration: 2 cultures in 1 garment.

Aysha thelhath
maya smith
aleena sudheer & aysha nargis
Expo fashion awards Inspiration: 2 cultures in 1 garment.
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isra Mohammed
alex ahimbisibwe
bibi sumaiya & Tanya Saldanha
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Expo fashion awards Inspiration: 2 cultures in 1 garment.

nilima kandalkar
nehal ayman
Expo fashion awards Inspiration: 2 cultures in 1 garment.
nayana chulliyot
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eisha amir
nusrat contractor
Morgan Burger
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Expo fashion awards Inspiration: 2 cultures in 1 garment.

Judges

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Adnan Zafar
is the first social media influencer from Pakistan also known as Ken Doll.
He is a brand ambassador for Bioderma, NARS cosmetics along with many other beauty and skin
care products.
Zafar talks about Believing in oneself and holding on to the confidence that comes out of self belief.
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Leena Gauba
is a TV presenter, Speaker, Entrepreneur, journalist,
Dance and Philanthropist.Leanna has a BSc (Hons) in Pharm, MSc in International
Management both from Kings college London. She has a Diploma in journalism and a
Diploma in Image Consultancy.
She also works on fashion and lifestyle educational programs.
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Martin Al Masri
is a young entrepreneur who co-owns the
renowned Dubai based “The Victor Closet” fashion Brand. He also operates a
modelling agency and has recently founded “Victor Magazine”, a publication about
fashion, beauty and lifestyle. Martin’s accomplishment partly credits his wide network
earned from his social media activity as an influencer, former model and musician.
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Oliver Nakakande
is Miss World Uganda 2019. She has been a child rights advocate,
humanitarian, speaker and an active international fashion model since her reign in 2019 till
date. Oliver is an influential and phenomenal woman shaping Africa. Her passion is to empower,
motivate while utilizing her core values and presence to transform the lives of women.
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Time for Africa
fashion show
April 2022
Dubai
(UAE)
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Stacey Mitchuki Miss Universe Kenya 2019

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Ourpiq is a brand founded for the purpose of creating
a breather for designers who seek the avenues to completely express themselves and
their creativity through design. The platform listens, and produces imaginative
concepts at the same time, giving the creator avenues to also see their dreams come alive.
The gap has now been bridged, as Ourpiq is a one stop
physical workshop open to all, curated by Modupe Omonze and Futtaim Al Qemzi
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About us :
Yaqoot Naturals is a collection of truly natural skincare & hair care products.
Combining Moroccan Organic botanicals & natural ingredients within advanced
formulations, we have created luxurious skincare products free from harsh chemicals,
non-toxic and highly effective, without any animal testing.
All our products serve a purpose to nourish your skin and unlock your natural beauty.
Our vision is to give people control of their skin, free from nasties.

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Ahmad Haffar Voice of Dubai, hosts Runway
Dubai media night.
hen you hear the same voice in Dubai public transport network systems, The welcome
videos of the Expo 2020, You might feel a tinge of familiarity – The voice behind several
audio visual promos of much loved and popular entities such as Etisalat, Majid Al
Futtaim, Dubai Metro, Emirates Airlines, Dubai Opera and more, is none other than the
voice of Ahmad Haffar.
The man behind the voice who is fondly known as “The man with the Golden voice” is
Ahmad Haffar, 27, managing partner and co-owner at Mindloop Studios. Having done
more than 45 projects in three years, Ahmad is now recognized as the voice of Dubai.
The voice that says “Welcome to Dubai Expo 2020 – what will be the world’s greatest
show. Combining more countries than ever before, to create an unforeseen event unlike
any other,
in the world’s biggest Expo.”
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The same voice welcomed our 2021 fashion designers during the media night which will
go down in
the books as Ahmad’s the voice first fashion show debut. Ahmad kicked off the special
evening with his signature voice. “Welcome to Runway Dubai 2021” soothing yet
empowering. It was an evening of fun introduction of the designers, real life stories,
jokes and laughter.

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2021
B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S
Futtaim Al Qemzi
Rosie Ocon
Chat Deus
Bag by Aton Ini
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2021
B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S
Mila Anufrieva
Saif Abdulla and Summaya Argui
Mimi Dao
Sandi Saksena
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2021
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B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S
E j i r o | M a h e r | R i c k y
Ranti music
Mila Anufrieva
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Makeup Academy Paris
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B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S

DONNA NOIR
BYNK
Runway Dubai 2021 featured designers
and fashion talents along with established
brands with polychrome as the common
theme of the year, drawing inspiration
from the on-going Dubai Expo show.
Color splash by Runway Dubai celebrated
talented designers like Zoan Ash by Asma
Sultana, Maison H by Iman Harti, Donna Noir
by Margarida Goncalves, BYNK by Nidhi Kumar,
R kouture designs by Reena Khurram, The
house of Nubian by Sania Daniel, Brand
OURPIQ, and Nobleza by Zineb Maazouz.
THE HOUSE OF NUBIAN
R KOUTURE DESIGNS
MAISON H
NOBLEZA
ZOAN ASH
OUR PIQ
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Rkouture
BYNK
Donna Noir
COLOR SPLASH
Zoan Ash
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The House Of Nubian
Nobleza

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Project Management and Self
Efficacy workshops held by leaders
in their respective Industries along
with moderator Sandi Saxena.
Richard
Shonibare
Vaishali
Raj
Richard Shonibare is a retired drilling engineer after
having worked in over 15 countries around the world.
He is a safety enthusiast and has generated millions of
dollars for SHELL Petroleum company due to his safety
records and work ethics. He is an accomplished well
engineer who specialized in Well engineering
management as well as Supervision of drilling
operations. He worked for the Shell corporation for
over a period of 36 years, and now lives in the UK
with his family. Richard recently did a post graduate
course which he studied Introduction to Hazard
Analysis and Risk Assessment, Human behavior and
Human Error, Safety in the Oil and Gas Industry at the
University of Sheffield in the UK.
Vaishali has had several successful years in teaching at
various Colleges and Universities around
the globe, including London College of Fashion, UK.
)Currently she is heading the BA(Hons
Program in Fashion Design, at Middlesex University, Dubai.
She has a proven and
outstanding track record of being an effective
communicator in the ever-changing world of
education and technology in which the tussle between
traditional and contemporary pedagogical
methods continue! She is a militant believer of affecting
responsible initiatives around her industry, especially
sustainable initiatives.
James
Lafferty
Soniya
Kirpalani
James Michael Lafferty is The Chief Executive Officer
of Fine Hygienic Holding and has often been
described as one of the most unique and diversified
CEO’s in the world today. He is also a philanthropist,
husband and father of 5.
He has had a long and successful career building
businesses and organizations across five continents for
some of the world’s leading consumer goods
companies, including CEO roles within Procter and
Gamble, Coca-Cola, and British American Tobacco
Recently, James has been awarded as CEO of the
Year, by the Burj CEO Awards associated with the
Government of Dubai. and was named one of the top
50 CEOs by Forbes Middle East
Soniya is Known as ‘Crusader with a
Camera’. She has earned accolades as Top
25 Asian Achievers Dubai for her exemplary
Omnichannel social impact platforms.
Brought up in multicultural environments of
India, London and Dubai, Soniya trained in
Psychology, before following her dream of
directing movies in Bollywood. She then
kicked off her career as lead actor in a film.
Soniya’s dream after surviving coma, is to
reinvent Asia’s dying creative economy and
stimulating livelihood generation for local
creative communities.

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Project Management and Self
Efficacy workshops held by leaders
in their respective Industries along
with moderator Sandi Saksena.
Sandi Saksena
(Moderator)
A long time resident of the Gulf, Sandi has lived in Kuwait,
Bahrain and now in Dubai for the last 45 years. She heads the
division ‘Family Matters’ at Echelon Advisors and
Management Consultants her family firm. Her focus is in
financial advice and planning for Women and Small/Medium
business owners among others. Owner/Permanent Trustee,
and Head of Fund raising for individuals with special needs
called Manzil (www.manzil.ae). As part of community
service she does presentations on financial planning at
schools Universities and Women’s groups. She participates in
major community service projects in India partnering with
FOGSI (The Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Societies of India).
Sandi is also a regular guest speaker on radio, and
contributes in the financial section of the gulf newspaper.
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Students and industry professionals attended the Project Management workshop during the event.

Successful Make up workshop by MakeUp Academy
Paris at the Runway Dubai Fashion Show 2021
Successful confidence and
presenting workshop by Radio host
and Emcee Saif Abdulla.
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Followus on
instagram
Asma Al Shehhi delivered a comprehensive course on
Instagram marketing and design.
Students attended pattern drafting workshop
by Nilam Khunti
Sponsored by AMITY University
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The Runway Dubai Team would like to thank you
for being a part of our amazing event.
We look forward to seeing
you again in November.
#weare10
#myrunwaydubai
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November 24th - 26th 2022

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