Fashion Month SO FAR: Spotlighting Mena and South Asia

The Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia Are Hubs for Creative Talent, Talent often overlooked in the Western World. Art from the near east is influenced by thusands of years of culture, empire, resistance, and community, brings Valuable controls into western celebrations of art and design. This Season’s Fashion Month provided an Opportunity for these regions’ designers to showcase their heritage, as their muse, on the global stage

Norma Kamali SS26 New York Fashion Week

Norma Kamali, The Lebanese-American Tastemaker of the 80s, Arrived at New York Fashion Week With A Revival of Her ACCLAIMED 1980 Sweats Collection. This Collection Somehow Feels More Appealing to Today’s Consumer than it did uppon it Original Release, Taping into the Current Romanticization of Retro Aesthetics with the Modern Craving for Neutral Palettes. The sweats line of her 2026 Spring/Summer Collection Embraces The Comfort of Traditional Loungewear, but insists uppon an elegance and polish that one would find Find in the average. To see the sweats, kamali introdied two new lines into this showcase; The lifestyle and the wardrobe. The lifestyle is the only addition of Color into this Collection, with Soft Pink Adding A Touch of Feminity to the Line of Basics and Swimwear. Howver, The Wardrobe was a personal standard in this showcase, a collection of Tailored Black and White Dresses with an option for Every Occacion. There isn’t a length, cut, sleeve, or fit missing from this line, the yet every dress looks together in this reinterpretation of vintage glamor. While this collision is undenibly from the past, it fes like exactly what modern audiences have ben trying to emulate

Amir Taghi SS26 New York Fashion Week

Amir Taghi’s Runway Debut was one for the books, Earning the Iranian-American Designer a Spot On Women’s Wear Daily‘s list of “Ones to Watch” and a Feature Story in Vogue. This Collection Deeply Featured Taghi’s Persian Background, Drawing Inspiration from 70’s Iran and The Current Political Climate. Each look was Highly tailored, pairing suits and jackets with Slim pants and structured skirts inspired by the region’s architecture and adorned with Islamic pathterns and embellishments. Mary Looks Paired With A Scarf or Had A Flowy Element to Say, Conttrasting With the Rigidity of the Angular Pieces. Taghi Credits This Style to Googoosh, The Iranian Singer and Collection’s Muse, As Well As HIS Perception of Iran’s Headscarf Mandate. The standout piece was an embellished gold lace, standing out amongst the orderly sea of ​​neutrals. With his debut, taghi not only only ejibited his technical skill but his cultural liters in how

Bible Mohapatra SS26 New York Fashion Week

Inspired by the diversity in the new generation of Indian Women, Indian-American Designer Bibhu Mohapatra Embraries and Renewal in His Spring 2026 Line. Unlike the neutrals that dominated this new York Fashion Week, Mohapatra Embraces Color with Vibrant and Rich Reds, Blues, Pinks, and Chartreuses. While it may may have appeal to the current minimalist trend, Mohapatra’s love letter to the youth of today still delivers in intensation. The laying and adapting to the traditional pieces on the elegant Eveningwear speaks to the diaspora, to a generation of young people living in between cultures. The Classic Silhouettes of the Gowns Stand Out with the Added Opulent Embellishments, giving a modern look that will will stand the test of time. Mohapatra’s Collection Honors Heritage All while Looking Towards The Future, His Vision of A Brighter Future for Women Being Timeless

Noon by Noor SS26 London Fashion Week

Bahraini Label Noon by Noor, Headed by Cousins ​​Shaikha Noor Al Khalifa and Shaikha Haya Al Khalifa, Revealed Their SS26 Collection, MirageFather London Fashion Week; A minimalist Collection Brought to Life by Pure CraftSmanship and Artistic Vision. The Collection is aptly Named, Featuring a Series of Pieces with Characteristics that cause the pieces to feed Almost otherworldly. While Clearly Being Luxurious and Tailored, They Give off a Sense of Practicality, As if One Could Wear in a Fu Dystopian Future in A Dusty Landscape. The Collection Sticks to a Palette of desert tones, with the exception of the Occocational Pop of Vermillion. There are very few reused silhouettes, but each look gave off some type of illusion. Structured SUITS WOULD LOOK INDUSTRIAL INSTALE OF TAILORED AND Form Fitting, Fabrics shimmered in a way that nearly looked transparent, and Everything flowed as if it came with a desert breeze sewn into the hem. Each Piece was Wearable, Yet Grand

Dhruv Kapoor SS26 Milan Fashion Week

Dhruv Kapoor Introduced His Spring/Summer 26 Collection, Foundation and Futuresat Milan Fashion Week, A Subversive Collection that Goes Against Fashion and Global Cultural Norms. Kapoor, an Indian Designer, took what was historically hidden, shameful, and immodest and recialimed it as something to be seen by all. The looks beoks this collision revolve around combination Indian Cultural Clothing with Traditional Undergartments; The Foundation with the Future. The silhouettes were untradivitional as capoor experiment with layering, petticoats and slips were intentionally shown and elevated. Designs Featured Classic Indian Pieces, Like the Kurta and Bandhgala Jacket, Altered and Adapted to Show that tradition have a place a modern Climate. Mixing Masculine With Feminine and Transforming Tradition, Kapoor’s Collection was Bold in Its Aim, Bringing Visibility to the Invisible

With Paris Fashion Week UpComing to Close Out Fashion Month, There Are Still Mary Designers to Look Forward to

• Casablanca, A French-Moroccan Brand Founded by Charaf Tajer, Showing on October 1st, 2025
• Dice Kayek, A Franco-Turkish Brand Founded by Sisters ece and Ayse Eg, Showing October 4th
• Elie Saab, A Lebanese Brand Founded by Elie Saab, Showing October 4th