{"id":2867,"date":"2016-03-30T09:51:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T09:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2016-03-30T09:52:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T09:52:16","slug":"ffwd-opens-fallwinter-16-shows-31st-march-3rd-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/ffwd-opens-fallwinter-16-shows-31st-march-3rd-april\/","title":{"rendered":"FFWD Opens Fall\/Winter \u201916 Shows \u2013 31st March- 3rd April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion Forward Dubai (FFWD), the region\u2019s most progressive fashion platform debuts its Fall\/Winter \u201916 collections this Thursday 31<sup>st<\/sup> March, marking the start of the four day industry-focused fashion event. The upcoming event is FFWD\u2019s seventh edition, having launched in April 2013. Over six successful seasons FFWD has matured into a recognised and credible platform respected amongst designers and industry professionals regionally and internationally. This season has seen FFWD earn the endorsement of the Dubai Design and Fashion Council (DDFC), as well as moving venues to its new home at Dubai Design District (d3).<\/p>\n<p>From 31<sup>st<\/sup> March- 2<sup>nd<\/sup> April, guests will see catwalk shows and presentations from 24 of the region\u2019s best couture, and ready-to-wear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionforward.ae\/fw16-designers\/\">designers<\/a>, as well as 15 jewellery and accessories <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionforward.ae\/showcase\/\">designers<\/a> exhibiting in the curated accessories space: The Showcase.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday April 3<sup>rd<\/sup> sees The Showroom day &#8211; an invitation only space within d3 which offers regional and international buyers and media a dedicated location to conduct face to face meetings with all 39 participating apparel and accessories designers.<\/p>\n<p>Through the continuing strategic partnership with d3, an integral component of every FFWD season is the \u2018d3 Fashion Talks\u2019, a programme to generate debate and discussion on issues facing the region\u2019s fashion industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fashion-4ward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2868\" alt=\"fashion 4ward\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fashion-4ward-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fashion-4ward-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fashion-4ward-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fashion-4ward-624x415.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fashion-4ward.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The influential industry speakers at FFWD this season include: CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modaoperandi.com\/\">Moda Operandi<\/a>, <b>Deborah Nicodemus<\/b>, celebrity stylist <b>Anita Patrickson<\/b>, plus a dynamic panel of international buyers including <b>Pascale Camert<\/b> &#8211; Galeries Lafayette, Paris and <b>Song Pham<\/b> &#8211; Harvey Nichols (Hong Kong).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion Forward Dubai (FFWD), the region\u2019s most progressive fashion platform debuts its Fall\/Winter \u201916 collections this Thursday 31st March, marking the start of the four day industry-focused fashion event. The upcoming event is FFWD\u2019s seventh edition, having launched in April 2013. Over six successful seasons FFWD has matured into a recognised and credible platform respected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2869,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions\/2869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}