The Empowerment Program through Industry Collaboration (EPIC) is driven by Fashion Forward Dubai (FFWD) and is currently in its eighth season.
The Empowerment Program through Industry Collaboration (EPIC) is driven by FFWD and is presently in its eighth season. The following occasion will be held in October. This semiannual occasion has developed as Dubai’s complete style stage with the backing of DDFC and Dubai Design District (D3).
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At a gathering went to by driving neighborhood style planners, influencers and other imperative partners in the business, DDFC CEO Nez Gebreel talked about how Dubai is presently keeping pace with London and Tokyo with regards to retail incomes.
“In any case, the retail business is still import-situated, with 80 for each penny of the purchasing fulfilled by imports and not neighborhood style marks.” The DDFC was set up three prior years by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed receptacle Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with a command to position Dubai as a configuration capital of the world.
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Ramzi Nakad, COO and prime supporter of FFWD, said: “Style Forward is an advancement stage, yet two occasions a year weren’t sufficient to position Dubai as a genuine worldwide style destination.” As a feature of EPIC, 15 originators from the area will be taken part in a show amid Paris Fashion Week this September. “EPIC intends to advance the manageability of the local design economy and manufacture solid rivalry,” Nakad included.
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FFWD has, for last two seasons, worked with Dubai Mall’s Galeries Lafayette for a pop-up amid the keep running up to the Fashion Forward occasion, where the retailer handpicks creators from the FFWD program to retail in their store. Presently, FFWD plans to extend this project to different retailers in Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Doha.
There is an additionally a grant program in organization with Milan’s Domus Academy, too industry-centered workshops consistently. With Dubai’s style retail scene becoming quicker than other set up design capitals, for example, London, Paris and New York, this attention on “homegrown” plans to guarantee that to the extent style is concerned, the hole amongst imported and privately sourced marks starts to limit down.
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