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Winners of the SYDA announced
28 Apr '08
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The finalists' designs have been on display during The Bride Show Dubai, alongside more than 400 exhibitors from 13 countries from the fashion, beauty and travel industries.
The Awards came to an exciting culmination when each design, made by both amateur and student fashion designers, was professionally modeled on the catwalk. A panel of esteemed judges from the Middle East fashion industry examined the wedding dresses in terms of design, technique and innovative use of Swarovski elements. Dana Tarabishi, Communications Executive for Swarovski Middle East, was welcomed on stage after the fashion shows and judging to announce Joseph, Ayesha, and Helen as the 2008 winners.
Daphne Cota, Exhibition Manager of IIR Middle, the organizers of The Bride Show, said, “The three winners were chosen from nineteen finalists, who were selected from more than 300 aspiring fashion designers who initially entered the Awards, a long standing tradition of The Bride Show Dubai. They all showed such innovation and talent.”
The judging panel comprised Ghania Azzam, Fashion Editor of Zahrat Al Khaleej magazine, Hussein Jain, renowned UAE fashion photographer, Mohammed Bahraimi, Fashion Designer & Owner of Eve 'n' Black Abayas, and Melanie Penny, Fashion & Beauty Director of OK! Middle East magazine.
The Bride Show Dubai, organized by IIR Middle East, ran from 23 - 26 April at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre. The four-day event included fashion shows from renowned names such as Manish Malhotra, Amato, Ghanati Couture, Julea Domani, Tijan Trading and Rahmanian Haute Couture as well as high end shopping for brides-to-be and their families.
The Awards came to an exciting culmination when each design, made by both amateur and student fashion designers, was professionally modeled on the catwalk. A panel of esteemed judges from the Middle East fashion industry examined the wedding dresses in terms of design, technique and innovative use of Swarovski elements. Dana Tarabishi, Communications Executive for Swarovski Middle East, was welcomed on stage after the fashion shows and judging to announce Joseph, Ayesha, and Helen as the 2008 winners.
Daphne Cota, Exhibition Manager of IIR Middle, the organizers of The Bride Show, said, “The three winners were chosen from nineteen finalists, who were selected from more than 300 aspiring fashion designers who initially entered the Awards, a long standing tradition of The Bride Show Dubai. They all showed such innovation and talent.”
The judging panel comprised Ghania Azzam, Fashion Editor of Zahrat Al Khaleej magazine, Hussein Jain, renowned UAE fashion photographer, Mohammed Bahraimi, Fashion Designer & Owner of Eve 'n' Black Abayas, and Melanie Penny, Fashion & Beauty Director of OK! Middle East magazine.
The Bride Show Dubai, organized by IIR Middle East, ran from 23 - 26 April at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre. The four-day event included fashion shows from renowned names such as Manish Malhotra, Amato, Ghanati Couture, Julea Domani, Tijan Trading and Rahmanian Haute Couture as well as high end shopping for brides-to-be and their families.
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