First Islamic fashion festival held in Dubai

The event was launched on Sunday with a fashion show and charity gala dinner at the Safinah Ballroom, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, in the presence of the Queen of Malaysia Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah.

The show began with a lively Lebanese folk dance performance followed by an address by Dato Raja Rezza Shah, chairman and founder of the IFF.

"I launched the Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta-Dubai Islamic Fashion Festival to promote Islamic fashion and to establish these cities as the Islamic fashion capitals of the world just as London, Paris, New York and Milan are to European labels," he was quoted by IINA as saying.

"Through this event we want to show that Muslims can be stylish without compromising on the modesty requirements of the Islamic dress code," he said.

Dubai`s presence in the IFF indicates that we are serious about bringing our local designers to the global stage and creating an economically viable platform to support the growth of this genre of fashion," he said.

Yang Amat Berbahagia Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor, wife of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and patron of the IFF, also addressed the audience.

"Since the inception of the IFF in 2006, we ...