Morocco’s fashion week is set to be hosted from March 8 to 11 in the famous red city of Marrakech, this edition marks the third time the fashion runway has hit Marrakech’s M Avenue, one of the city’s must-see attractions developed by Nabil Slitine.
This year, the event will be hosted with Riad la Brillante, a hotel nestled in the heart of the medina where traditional craftsmanship and modernity meet harmony and elegance. The 2023 edition ties in with the worldwide celebration of women, including international women’s day on March 8.
The occasion is organized and supported by the Oriental Fashion Show and is chaired by Hind Joudar in partnership with M Avenue. This partnership between the two personalities is dedicated to building a lasting anchorage within the kingdom.
The fashion shows are scheduled for March 10 with special exhibitions on Morocco’s iconic caftan to pay tribute to the craftswomen on the occasion of World Women’s Rights Day.
Morocco’s fashion week aims to promote young and upcoming designers with a prize allowing winners to travel to a parade in Paris. The competition is organized with the styling and modeling schools Casa Moda, Lasalle College, and Escom in a joint partnership.
Special guests include Saher Okal, the founder of the Academia Moda school in Nazareth who will be a member of the judging panel. Also on the judging panel will be Morocco’s Said Mahrouf and Zineb Joundy as well as Egyptian dressmaker Hany El Behairy.
Other works of art will be shown throughout the day from March 9 – 11 in collaboration with the association “Dam Lmaalma.”
On the final day, a gala dinner will be held within the mythical Royal Mansour palace and will be preceded by a parade featuring the creations of
“It has been a lot of hard work,” she says. “Ironically, I think it only gets harder as you go along. Because I feel like now we are in an awkward adolescent stage. We are not the new kid on the block, the shiny and bright thing. We are at a bit of a reckoning point where we are figuring out what the brand is in this phase. It’s a crossroads – we have the capacity to grow, but how much do we want to do that?”
I am constantly asking myself, what is the value proposition for the customer? Why would they buy it?
— Anna Hoang
Currently stocked by the likes of Net-A-Porter, Harvey Nichols, Lane Crawford and David Jones, retail seems to be the next logical step. But Hoang is not convinced.
“I worry about inventory, rent, inflation… I won’t say no, or never, but right now it’s not my top priority. I want to feel super-comfortable with every decision. I’m not ready yet.”
Anna Quan signature long-sleeved shirt: The style first resonated with New Yorkers.
Hoang started Anna Quan in 2013 with a run of shirts, made because “they were relatively inexpensive and I knew how to make them,” she says. “I was a no-name designer, and they were simple to produce and sample.”
The brand first resonated with New Yorkers, who Hoang believes discovered it via celebrity stylist Kate Young, an early fan. “It was very specific. It was New York women who would write to me and say, ‘I wear the shirt on the subway, and people ask me about it all the time.’ ” It was the first sense she had that the products were finding an audience beyond Hoang herself.
And while Hoang will bring back those shirts, with their signature elongated
‘You know what? I have one life to live, and I’m going to give it my all,’ said Moise
Prairie Pride is a series by Local Journalism Initiative reporter Julia Peterson that celebrates queer life in rural Saskatchewan. Visit thestarphoenix.com/prairiepride to read more.
Prairie Pride is a series by Local Journalism Initiative reporter Julia Peterson that celebrates queer life in rural Saskatchewan.
When Jazz Moise gets dressed in the morning, the world is his runway.
With bright patterns, vibrant sparkles and big, dangly earrings, the La Loche, Sask., substitute teacher finds joy and confidence in his clothing, expressing his creativity and two-spirit identity with every outfit.
Earlier this month, Moise took his love of fashion to a much bigger stage: New York Fashion Week.
“Being on the runway was a thrill,” said Moise. “I had a straight face, of course. I had to look fierce. But right when I stepped on the runway, I saw the crowd, and people were cheering. It was just surreal.”
Moise was one of the models representing Scott Wabano, a two-spirit Indigenous fashion designer whose genderless clothes showcase and celebrate Indigenous LGBTQ2S+ identities.
“I had never imagined myself being a model,” said Moise. “I’ve only ever enjoyed fashion. I love dressing up; I love expressing myself. But seeing that there was an opportunity, I said ‘oh my gosh. This is my shot.'”
Wabano, who is Mushkegowuk from Moose Factory, on the west coast of James Bay, with Eeyou-Eenou family roots from the Quebec Cree Nation of Waskaganish, aims to challenge colonial binaries, like gender terms brought on by early settlers.
For Moise, walking that runway in Wabano’s flowing silk outfit was a chance to represent two-spirit excellence and be the role model he had wanted while growing up in La Loche.
As a child, Moise recalls,
After years living under the threat of low-rise jeans’ return, the moment has most certainly arrived. Seen on the likes of Julia Fox and Bella Hadid in recent months, Net-A-Porter’s Market Director Libby Page confirmed to us that the style is back with a bang: ‘[Low-rise jeans were] featured in over half of the shows at fashion month, and are a clear continuation of the Y2K trend we first saw take hold for SS22.’
But, it isn’t just denim that’s receiving the low-slung treatment. According to London Fashion Week, most waistlines are heading south. With a new drop-waist silhouette seemingly comes an emphasis on all things hips; puff ball peplums and exaggerated shaping on hipbones will be everywhere for AW23.
Di Petsa AW23
If you’re already having horrid flashbacks to the disturbing Noughties’ fascination with size zero the last time all things low-waisted were on trend, let us reassure you that this time around, everyone is invited to the belly-baring party.
Celebrating all types of bodies, with a big emphasis on all things tummy, Di Petsa sent her diverse cast of models down the runway in plenty of low-slung skirts, even casting one pregnant model (as did Sinead O’Dwyer this season) and placing fake bumps on others.
Karoline Vitto AW23
Fashion East’s Karoline Vitto hired only mid and plus-size models for her decidedly sexy catwalk show, exposing their lower midriffs in teeny two-pieces that were expertly fitted with metalwork.
Despite the new inclusive approach, skin-baring still isn’t for everyone. Enter Standing Ground, another designer on Fashion East’s runway this season. Designer Michael Stewart demonstrated
The three collections by fashion labels Kseniaschnaider, Paskal and Frolov were put together in Ukraine despite constant interruptions from missile attacks and air raid sirens.
“I think it’s really important not to stop,” said Ksenia Schnaider, one half of the husband and wife team behind the Kseniaschnaider label.
The designer has been travelling back and forth from Ukraine and her new base in the UK, where her daughter is at school, since taking the decision to carry on with fashion despite the war.
Schnaider feared she might “never be able to create again” after being forced to leave Kyiv last March.
But after travelling to Hungary, then Germany and finally Britain, she decided she had to continue for the sake of herself and her team.
“You can’t stop even if reality is terrible, you should continue doing what you do best, still be creative, try to bring beauty to this world of tragedy,” she told AFP backstage. “There’s a lot of new meanings in this, it’s not just being a fashion designer like it used to be, I need to save my culture and my traditions.”
Kseniaschnaider’s Autumn Winter 2023 collection featured plenty of the brand’s trademark denim along with blazers and skirts made out of surplus stocks of neck ties now that Ukrainian men have swapped them for military fatigues.
“It’s really meaningful because Ukrainian men don’t need ties now because they are fighting,” she said.
– ‘You can’t sit and cry’ – Julie Paskal said all four of the designers behind the three labels had been conflicted over whether it was right to carry on
Lizzo ran into the one and only Anna Wintour on Tuesday in Italy when she rocked a chic Gucci dress to Milan Fashion Week.
The Grammy-winning superstar, 34 – who recently talked about having boozy wine dates at Adele’s house – posted a selfie with Wintour to Instagram.
‘Look who I ran into!!!!’ wrote Lizzo, captioning the image that showed her posing beside Vogue’s legendary editor-in-chief, 73.
The pair both wore Wintour’s signature look of impenetrable black shades as they prepared to kick off the first day of Milan Fashion Week.
Lizzo is currently on the European leg of her world tour and made a pitstop in Milan before heading to Amsterdam, where she is schedule to perform at the Ziggo Dome on Thursday.
Epic: Lizzo, 34, ran into the one and only Anna Wintour, 73, on Tuesday in Italy when she rocked a chic Gucci dress to Milan Fashion Week. ‘Look who I ran into!!!!’ wrote Lizzo, captioning the image that showed her posing beside Vogue’s legendary editor-in-chief
Lizzo posted a few snippets of her gorgeous look, which paired a vibrant plaid tweed dress with a matching blazer and gold stilettos.
‘Milan for the night [pizza emoji],’ wrote the hitmaker, captioning a video of her strutting down a hallways in her luxury hotel.
‘I’m in Milano,’ said Lizzo, brushing aside her lustrous hair with attitude as she stared into the camera. ‘Grazie, b**ch.’
In addition to wearing her trademark bob of brown hair, Wintour paired a show-stopping maroon coat with a stylish white dress that featured intricate red designs.
And the Vogue icon was in excellent company, as Lizzo is fearless when it comes to embracing the cutting edge of fashion.
‘I am a bad b**ch that takes risks and wears whatever she wants,’ Lizzo told The Hollywood Reporter
As a plus size model, watching fashion month from the virtual sidelines can be conflicting.
As someone who has always been captivated by the world of fashion — it’s inspiring. The fashion weeks, held in New York, Milan, Paris and London bi-annually, embody the creative hub of fashion, foreshadowing the year ahead. It’s where all the beautiful people, the aesthetically creative people, the design genuises and the innovators come together and showcase the inner workings of their mind… by sending them down the runway.
It’s where they communicate what the next season in fashion will look like.
But, for someone who lives in an above-sample-size body and works within the fashion industry — fashion month can be discouraging. The lack of diversity doesn’t go unnoticed, and the missing pieces of representation — especially when it comes to size diversity — sometimes leave me feeling helpless. What’s the use in loving fashion if it’s not relatable to you, right?
However, this year in 2023, we’ve seen a wider spread of size diversity across the runways in general. And, while there’s a maximum of one size diverse model per show, the use of different sized models is undeniably becoming more realised within the high fashion industry as a whole.
It’s encouraging that despite the re-emergence of Y2K styles and shift back towards thinness being a fashionable aesthetic — size diversity is still a major focus. And so it should be.
Arguably, we need size diversity now more than ever. Y2K styles are very much back in. However, it’s not the early ’00s anymore, and we need to be educated on how these styles that were once only seen on “heroin chic” body types, can be worn regardless of shape and size.
Below, is a round up of all the runways that have
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New York Fashion Week (NYFW) has returned, and with the new collections on the runway comes a deluge of beauty inspiration for the upcoming fall and winter seasons. From slicked-back buns to smoldering eyeshadow, these beauty looks offer several hair and makeup ideas that you can easily recreate at home. Plus, the products used for each look can be found wherever you shop for beauty. Here, a glimpse into some of the beauty looks that caught our eyes so far at NYFW.
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Roses were the romantic muse behind the “rosie twist” bun at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2023 show. “We were inspired by the hand-crafted floral accents found throughout the collection to echo this in the hair by creating a rose-like twist, with a ‘stem’ of hair weaving down the crown of the head, meeting the rose-like bun in the back,” Lacy Redway, Unilever stylist and celebrity hair artist, explained in a statement.
To hold the look in place, Redway leaned on the Tresemmé Freeze Hold Hair Spray. The styling product claims to work on all hair types and textures as a means to prevent frizz and keep hairstyles intact.
“I think it’s really important not to stop,” said Ksenia Schnaider, one half of the husband and wife team behind the Kseniaschnaider label.
The designer has been travelling back and forth from Ukraine and her new base in the UK, where her daughter is at school, since taking the decision to carry on with fashion despite the war.
Schnaider feared she might “never be able to create again” after being forced to leave Kyiv last March.
But after travelling to Hungary, then Germany and finally Britain, she decided she had to continue for the sake of herself and her team.
“You can’t stop even if reality is terrible, you should continue doing what you do best, still be creative, try to bring beauty to this world of tragedy,” she told AFP backstage.
“There’s a lot of new meanings in this, it’s not just being a fashion designer like it used to be, I need to save my culture and my traditions.”
Kseniaschnaider’s Autumn Winter 2023 collection featured plenty of the brand’s trademark denim along with blazers and skirts made out of surplus stocks of neck ties now that Ukrainian men have swapped them for military fatigues.
“It’s really meaningful because Ukrainian men don’t need ties now because they are fighting,” she said.
You can sit and cryJulie Paskal said all four of the designers behind the three labels had been conflicted over whether it was right to carry on with fashion
