Confashions From Kuwait

This Givenchy Bambi sweatshirt is probably the most featured items in fashion glossies and blogs/instagram this season, everywhere I looked for it, this top was sold out. So I was quite surprised to find it still available for purchase online here ! Size large only! So catch it if you can!

Today I was invited to the private viewing of the highly anticipated H&M collection  Isabel Marant pour H&M . Honestly when I first heard the news of the collaboration, I wasn't THAT excited about it plus I imagined it to be, dare I say, of poor quality. My visit today to the preview event had completely changed that delusional image in my mind. The quality of the pieces were superb! I tried on some of the knits and jackets on display and their fit was perfect! Isabel Marant managed to recreate one of her strongest pieces of previous collections to be accessible to the masses. Hippie-chic tie-dye tops and denim pants, cropped and colored leather pants with lace-up details, Parisian chic oversized jackets,  slouchy and fringed boots, and shabby chic knits. I suddenly had a strong urge to walk away with some of the knits I have tried on, wishful thinking. The collection also included kids wear, which was news to me, their pieces are really cool es...

Now that I covered the jewelry section of The Garden exhibition at Fashion Forward Dubai , let's have a quick look at other cool non-jewelry brands that i came across. My first stop was at Aina's booth,  a newly-launched concept based on reflecting the many characteristics of one's self, in the form of wearable and displayable art. Their products are inspired by cultural icons of the East. I found their padded iPad/Mini iPad cases with arabic words to be really cool. I noticed one of the founders of  Aina   wearing this really cool headpiece and it turned out that it was by a brand called Aura , which actually had a booth right next to them. If you're following me on instagram , you'd see that I posted about them a few weeks ago.  let's scroll down for more, shall we? Aura 's booth was displaying an array of boho-chic and hip headpieces, in fact, Anna Dello Russo wore one of  Aura 's pieces during NYFW last season, how amazing is that? C...

During my stay in Jebel Ali in UAE, I managed to squeeze in some time to check out  The Garden , a new exhibition space within  Fashion Forward Dubai ,  an initiative that aims to be the definitive fashion platform for the Middle East.  The Garden  is  designed to basically harvest and nurture Middle Eastern accessory design talents. The exhibition hall where  The Garden  was set-up was quite spacious, well organized, and the walkways were huge compared to some exhibitions held here in Kuwait. I walked around comfortably checking out the booths, stocked full of unique (and not-so-unique) quirky cool stuff, fashion accessories and jewelry. Some booths were already established names and quite known in the region, so I tried to focus on spotting unique and new brands. I have to say that over the recent years I have grown a strong passion for jewelry, my poor savings. Maybe it's something that comes with ...