The Miss England 2019, a beauty pageant in England, is all about diversity this year. The contest’s finalists for this season include women with different backgrounds. One of the contestants competing for the title is a Muslim woman who will be wearing a «burkini» in the competition’s swimsuit round, the Daily Mail reports. During the finals, which will be held Thursday in Newcastle, these women will be parading bare-faced on the catwalk, and will later share their
French luxury goods company Christian Dior has released a new makeup primer as part of its beauty collection. The product was put to the test in Morocco, because of its hot atmosphere. According to American women's fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar, Dior used the new primer Backstage Face & Body primer on the models who participated to the brand's Cruise 2020 show in Marrakesh. On April 29, Marrakech was home to the first fashion show French luxury label Christian Dior holds in
On Monday, Marrakech was home to the first fashion show French luxury label Christian Dior holds in Morocco, Reuters reports. The show was organized to showcase the brand’s new «Cruise» collection, which was attended by several Hollywood stars, including actresses Lupita Nyong’o, Shailene Woodley and Jessica Alba. Dior’s fashion show, held outside the brand’s calendar, was hosted by the El Badi Palace, a ruined palace commissioned by the sultan Ahmad
In an attempt to fight against verbal abuse, the Jossour Forum for Moroccan Women launched an initiative that targets popular proverbs, dubbed sexist. In partnership with the University of Maryland, the association wants to expose some of the Moroccan sayings that discriminate against women and treat them in an inferior way. «We have been in touch with forty women leaders to fight against violence and to show that abuse can take several forms, which in this case is purely verbal»,
The Moroccan Caftan has been at the spotlight at the «Morocco in Abu Dhabi», an event currently held in Abu Dhabi. Moroccan designers were invited to the event, expected to wrap up on April 30, to showcase their creations, focusing on the Moroccan Caftan. Models dressed in Caftans walked the runaway, highlighting the latest trends. «The Caftan has been passed down through many generations. This year, we decided to focus on the traditional Moroccan arts of sewing and
«Contemporary Muslim Fashions», an exhibition dedicated to Muslim women and their fashion, is opening soon in Frankfurt, Germany, where it had already stirred controversy, French weekly Le Point reports. After it was shown at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, the exhibition has been making headlines in Germany days before its opening. In an article entitled «Tolerance makes us blind», German platform Frankfurter Allgemeine slammed the exhibition
Halima Embarek Warzazi is a Moroccan diplomat with the longest-running career in the United Nations. The Casablanca-native dedicated her life to the cause of women in Morocco and in the United States. Warzazi’s exciting journey as a diplomat started when she 14 years old. Daughter of a Casablanca businessman, the young woman was sent to Egypt to study in a French school. She spent ten years in the North African country, where she attended the Cairo University. In 1957, Warzazi graduated
For the second time, in less than two months, the Duchess of Cornwall wore a Moroccan Caftan. According to Hello Magazine, Princess Camilla attended, Wednesday evening, an early St Patrick's Day dinner at the embassy of Ireland in London, wearing the same green dress she pulled out during a grand event hosted by her husband Prince Charles at the Buckingham in February. She teamed the sparkly Caftan with «nude high heels and accessorized with simple drop earrings», wrote the
While visiting Morocco alongside her husband, Meghan Markle discovered a local shoe brand that can be considered now as one of the Duchess of Sussex’s favorite footwear labels. Meeting social entrepreneurs, Monday in Rabat, the Princess stumbled upon the founders of Zyne, a Moroccan footwear brand created by designer Zineb Britel. Impressed by the brand’s ability to employ local women, Meghan Markle chose two pairs of of Zyne’s shoes to bring back with her to London.
For its 2019 spring and summer collection campaign, Spanish fast fashion retailer Zara was inspired by Morocco. In a video entitled «Woman Campaign Spring Summer 2019» and published earlier this month on Youtube, Zara showcased the essential pieces it designed for its customers this season. Most of these pieces of clothing are inspired by Morocco. The models are wearing lightweight Caftans and hanging out in a tent erected in the middle of the Sahara. One of Zara’s models was
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