EDITOR'S PICK

Dunya: Portraits from Cairo’s Dahab island

Hair and make-up SAGDAH EL SHAMY, production SNAP14, executive producer NADIA EL DASHER, producer YAHYA EL HELALY, casting JESSIE HAMZA and MADIHA ASHRY, styling assistant MARIAM KAOUD, production assistant JESSIE HAMZA, models ZEINA EL OGAIL at UNN, MARIAM EL SAWI, SABRI, MOHAMED

A.P.C. continues its regional footprint with a new Dubai flagship at The Dubai Mall

If Riyadh marked A.P.C.’s entry point into the Gulf, Dubai clarifies its intent to expand. The opening of its boutique in Dubai Mall’s Fashion Avenue reads as a steady continuation rather than a loud announcement. Riyadh introduced the region to A.P.C.’s language of Parisian restraint. Dubai feels like the moment that language settles into place […]

Ziyad Buainain: Shifting the Lens on Luxury Fashion

For Saudi designer Ziyad Buainain, fashion is a tightrope, suspended between opposites—delicacy and structure, control and emotion. His eponymous label, crafted from deadstock and recycled materials, resists excess in favour of meaning. Now based in London, he crafts garments guided by emotion, curiosity, and form. Growing up between Tokyo, Milan, and New York gave Buainain […]