Locally styled

The French Fashion University Esmod-Dubai injects a fresh
batch of fashionistas into
the city. Thousands of people flocked to the main atrium at Wafi Mall last week to celebrate the graduation of ‘Made in UAE’ fashion designers from the French Fashion University Esmod–Dubai. The 10 graduating designers, who came from eight different countries, staged a private fashion show that featured
90 models adorned in their creations.

The director and founder of the university arrived at the event wearing a dress designed by local designer Walid Atallah.
The showcase was followed by an award ceremony to honour the best student designers for this year. In the Stage & Movie Costume category, Canelle Hostal won the Best Fashion Designer Award, Ivana Rosova won the Best Pattern Making Award and Olla Makeeva won the Jury Award.

In the New Couture & Haute Couture category, Balkees Wahbeh won the Best Pattern Making Award and Rasha Abou El Naja won the special Jury Award and Best Designer Award.

In the Ready-to-Wear category, Chloe Allan won the Best Fashion Designer Award and Natalie Brown won the Best Pattern Making Award. Finally, the Esmod Dubai Golden Needle Award went to Canelle Hostal.

The fashion show featured prominent personalities from the fashion world who served as members of the jury, including Satoru Nino, president of Esmod International; Franck Duquenne, sales director of Christian Lacroix; Bernard Hoffman, director of Galeries Lafayette Dubai; Eisa Al Ansari, chairman of Al Ansari Group; Frédéric Molenac, artist; Dominique Borg, costume designer; Stephane Couvé-Bonnaire, textile creator and Mohamed Abdel Haleem, emergency recovery specialist.

MICKAEL CASOL, chief executive officer of CASOL is invited as guest speaker to share his knowledge on how to transform art into fashion and on the fashion industry.
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PRESIDENT OF ESMOD INT'L. ON VISIT AT ESMOD DUBAI CAMPUS.
Mr Satoru Nino President of ESMOD Int'l. Fashion University Group has
visited the French Fashion University ESMOD Dubai Campus and gave an enthousiastic speech to the students. Mr Nino also congratulated the students on their creativity level in line with ESMOD Int'. Network.

FRENCH FASHION UNIVERSITY ESMOD DUBAI
STUDENTS GIVES SALVATORE FERRAGAMO THE
MAGIC TOUCH.
Cascades of both soft, pastel fabrics and shiny, black vinyls swathed the
angles and curves of several straight-faced models as 35 students of
Esmod Dubai dressed, pinned, placed and prepped top-notch
international models at the Salvatore Ferragamo fashion show
held at Madinat Jumeirah- Dubai.

Int'l CINEMA & COSTUME FESTIVAL
June 26th to 29th. Moulin-Sur-Allier France.
ESMOD DUBAI Guest of Festival.
Since the beginning of cinema, costume designers have given life to
film directors’ visions. A film’s universe comes alive through the
creation of authentic characters, and each has a story to tell. Whether a film
is period, fantasy or modern, the costume designer’s integral role
remains the same: to serve the story and closely collaborate with
the film maker to make the best film possible. These artists have
dressed the stars, the supporting roles and the background
atmosphere, in each and every film that we love. Read more

KING'S, QUEEN'S & DIVA'S MADINAT THEATER CONCERT CONJURE UP ITS FANTASTIC COSTUMES DESIGNED BY FRENCH FASHION UNIVERSITY ESMOD.
Direct from Cape Town to Dubai, "King's, Queen's and Diva's concert pays tribute to the likes of Elvis, Tina Turner, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Cher, Aretha Franklin, Liza Minelli, Elton John, George Michael, David Bowie, Whitney Houston Pavarotti and many more. This live indelible performance mastered with fantastic costumes designed by Canella Hostal student of French fashion university Esmod and her Haute Couture-Stage costume design teacher Mr Pierre Béchir.
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FRENCH FASHION UNIVERSITY ESMOD
STRIKES AGAIN WITH AN ELABORATE FASHION SHOW.
On the theme ‘Art and Fashion’ students have elaborated stuning intricate and delicate outfits along with ingeniousness. As Art has always been a great source of inspiration for designers,students discovered and analyzed classic, moderns and contemporary artists, they practiced different technics and mediums, then proposed their own interpretation of an art piece of their choice by actually creating a new one, followed by the transposition of their creations onto a garment.
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BEAUTY WORLD MIDDLE EAST 2008
FRENCH FASHION UNIVERSITY ESMOD
DRESSES UP THE BEAUTY QUEENS.
Excellent idea of collaboration, French Fashion University Esmod has responded positively to "BeautyWorld Middle East" the most successfull beauty event in the region and largest gathering of beauty professionals. Esmod has provided wonderfull dresses for the "Queens of
beauty" who walked along the pavillions during the 19th to the 20th of May at the BeautyWorld Middle East, which represents an opportunity for students to
promote their creations to a local and international crowd of
visitors. See more...

BRIDE SHOW 2008
SELINA FAROOQUI 1ST YEAR STUDENT
WINS THE SWAROVSKI YOUNG DESIGNER RUNNER UP AWARD.
Selina Farooqui, 1st year student in the BA Degree Program
designed and created a dress based on the competition theme
Art of Intimacy. Her dress gives off an aura of warmth, softness,
purity and most importantly the feeling of romance and being
deeply in love with someone.The gown is decorated with handmade roses, orchids and lilacs, symbolizing passion, delicate beauty and first love.
Paying careful attention to detail and creating a symbolic meaning
with the embellishments, makes wearing this gown a personal and
intimate experience for the bride.  The sunray pleated body
of the gown is inspired by waterfalls. Focusing on the idea of
purity, as well as privacy...
Read more...

DESIGNER STELLA
CADENTE MEETS THE STUDENTS
Stella Cadente who presented her latest collection at Dubai Fashion 2008 recently visited the university’s campus this week to meet up-close and personal with French Fashion University Esmod students, giving insights about her creative process as well as sound advises about how to start a brand and stand out on the market. www.stella-cadente.com

BACKSTAGE EXPERIENCE
French Fashion University Esmod students, have been creating last-minute touches to complement the latest collections of top-notch international fashion designers such as Nina Ricci, Stephane Rolland, Barbara Bui, Frank Sorbier, Christian Lacroix, Stella Cadente who are participating at the Dubai Fashion 2008 this week.

PASSPORT FASHION SHOW
December 17th 2007 gathered students, families and guests for an evening of surprises with the presentation of the new creations by the first year and second year students.

Eye of dubai video
A snip here, a cut there, and voilà a fashion masterpiece, right?
Well, not quite. Zayed University College of Communication and
Media Sciences student Muna Abdullkarim introduces you to a
new school were possibily the next great fashion designers is toiling
over a drawing table and sewing machine to learn the craft of the industry.

Sheraton Creek Dubai
During the Italian food festival at Vivaldi restaurant
fashion illustrations of the students are on display.

Wafi Mall Dubai.
From 4th March to 31st March – French Fashion University Esmod will showcase their student’s unique designs throughout the month. These are the 1st Year student’s first creations based on the theme of ‘audacity’, which means brave and bold.