The Fashion Awards 2018 took place in London this week and were a celebration of the best and brightest talents in the global fashion industry, with a star-studded guest list.
For the first time, in partnership with Swarovski, The Fashion Awards included a category entitled New Wave: Creatives, to acknowledge new and emerging talents. Included as part of that list were two Saudi women, singled out for their role in shaping the future of fashion. Saudi Arabia’s first international runway model, Taleedah Tamer, and Marriam Mossalli, founder and senior consultant of Saudi’s luxury communications firm, Niche Arabia, were on the list of 100 names singled out as rising stars.
“I’m honoured to be part of the Fashion Awards list,” says Mossalli. “Having 2,000 members of the Fashion Awards voting panel nominate me to be considered an international young creative talent of today is truly a benchmark in my decade-long career.”
Tamer is a huge name in the Saudi fashion industry, as she was the first model to walk an international runway. She opened for Antonio Grimaldi in Paris, and was featured in many fashion editorials and magazines. The stunner gets her model ways form her Italian mother who also was a model back in her day, with Armani as one of the names in her portfolio.
A huge endorsement in this region, the announcement will hopefully encourage more emerging talents and, with any luck, there might be more GCC names on the list next year.
