DOHA, Qatar — The desert air was thick with glamour on Saturday night time as Vogue Belief Arabia (FTA) staged its most star-studded ceremony but, filling the sand-colored galleries of the Nationwide Museum of Qatar with a parade of worldwide celebrities, artists, luxurious powerbrokers, and the rising designers vying for his or her consideration.
Adrien Brody crossed paths with Lindsay Lohan and Emma Roberts close to the museum’s rose-tinted galleries. Juliette Binoche and Regina King held courtroom with Lori Harvey whereas Jeff Koons chatted with architect Rem Koolhaas, the museum’s designer, who was seeing his creation reimagined for the night. And Gisele Bündchen, who flew in on the invitation of her shut pal Sheikha Mayassa, labored the room earlier than taking the stage to current the Vogue Tech Award.
“I got here to help my good pal, Sheikha Mayassa,” Bündchen stated. “The whole lot she places collectively is great. What they’re doing is unbelievable, as is the town. The artwork museums are glorious, the souk — it’s a really stunning place to go to.”
Gisele Bündchen
The seventh version of FTA, hosted by Queen Latifah and Egyptian actor Aiman Kaissouni, drew over 1,200 candidates vying for seven prizes throughout classes together with ready-to-wear, eveningwear, equipment, and style tech. Cochairs Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Tania Fares welcomed company within the presence of Honorary Chair Sheikha Moza bint Nasser.
“We’ve all simply skilled the stroll throughout the water — the primary time there’s been a glance on this website,” remarked Sheikha Mayassa as she welcomed the star-studded crowd, noting that company have been the primary to see the museum’s hanging structure mirrored in a specifically constructed water function. “It’s a spot the place previous and future meet.”
“As we glance again on the seven years of FTA, I really feel immense gratitude,” Sheikha Mayassa instructed the group. “All over the place that I journey, individuals communicate and know concerning the work of FTA.”
She supplied pointed proof of the group’s rising affect, noting that Rama Duwaji, New York Metropolis’s soon-to-be first woman, wore Zeid Hijazi on election night time when her husband Zohran Mamdani clinched his historic mayoral victory. Hijazi, a Palestinian-Jordanian designer based mostly in London, received the FTA Prize in 2020.
This 12 months’s winners continued that pipeline of rising expertise: Youssef Drissi of Late for Work took residence ready-to-wear, whereas Ziyad Buainain received eveningwear. Leila Roukni’s equipment label Talel and Farah Radwan’s FYR Jewellery claimed their respective classes. Alaa Alaradi obtained the Franca Sozzani Debut Expertise Award, which is supported by Kering, and sisters Fatema and Dalal Alkhaja received the Vogue Tech Award for his or her label Touchless. Kartik Kumra of Kartik Analysis received the Visitor Nation Award for India, offered in partnership with the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre. The award was offered by veteran Indian designer Anamika Khanna and mannequin Neelam Gill. The winners have been chosen by a excessive profile jury together with Amina Muaddi, Christian Louboutin, Giambattista Valli and Remo Ruffini.
The night’s most emotional second got here when Miuccia Prada accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. Sheikha Mayassa delivered a deeply private tribute to the designer, whom she described as one thing of a inventive mentor.
“The Prada universe was constructed on tradition, not on developments,” Sheikha Mayassa stated. “I first met Miuccia by our shared love of movie. She was certainly one of our very first supporters, at all times open to concepts, at all times open to collaboration.”
The Qatari royal recounted approaching Prada years in the past with an unconventional request to design abayas, noting that many Western designers had ignored the garment regardless of their important Center Japanese clientele. “I proposed the thought to many individuals, lots of whom are right here tonight. I can’t title them,” she stated, drawing understanding laughter. “I didn’t persuade the bulk, however Miuccia stated sure. At all times up for a problem, she at all times stated sure.”
Mrs. Prada, characteristically understated, stored her remarks transient, thanking the group for championing cultural alternate and collaboration.
Zuhair Murad obtained the Trailblazer Award, cementing his standing because the designer who introduced Arab couture to international crimson carpets.
François-Henri Pinault was in attendance for the announcement that Kering will now again the Franca Sozzani Debut Expertise Award, providing the winner a bespoke mentorship program tailor-made to their particular person wants. Francesco Carrozzini, son of the late Vogue Italia editor, offered the award, invoking his mom’s legacy as he launched the winner. “The way forward for luxurious requires us to domesticate creativity, empower expertise, and advance innovation,” he stated.
Christian Louboutin, Adrien Brody and François-Henri Pinault.
Movie, style and the wonder world have been all effectively represented on the occasion. Actresses Pom Klementieff, Golshifteh Farahani and supermodel Natalia Vodianova labored the room alongside Mario Testino, and fashions Alton Mason, Pritika Swarup and Treasured Lee. Cristiano Ronaldo’s associate Georgina Rodríguez drew her personal share of consideration. Make-up artist Sir John and a crew from Anastasia Beverly Hills, the wonder associate for the occasion, obtained company crimson carpet-ready for the night time.
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan closed out the night with a efficiency that had company on their toes, following an earlier set by Palestinian-Chilean artist Saint Levant.
For FTA’s winners, the night time marked validation on a global stage. Saudi designer Ziyad Albuainain, winner of the Night Put on class, stated: “It feels not way back that I cleared out the sofa in my lounge to create space for a much bigger slicing desk to satisfy our first 100-piece order and now successful this prize and being right here tonight in entrance of you all, it feels unreal.”
