Take the glamour out of the fashion designer’s dreamy world and what is left is a business thirsty for investors. And despite 21 years in the GCC, Ali’s fortunes fare similarly. He hasn’t managed to secure a single physical retail spot beyond the Arab world.
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UAE-based designer platform Fashion Forward has been taking part in Paris Fashion Week in a bid to put regional emerging talent on the global map. But co-founder Ramzi Nakad says there is no reason Dubai cannot become the next Paris, and eventually host its own fashion week