With the countdown to the 2024 Fashion Trust Arabia Prize on, the organization celebrated the winners from 2023 at a star-studded dinner in London. Salma Hayek-Pinault and HE Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. Photo: Instagram.
com/fashiontrustarabia Monday night saw Qatar’s esteemed Fashion Trust Arabia celebrate the winners of its 2023 prize at a dinner in London. Held at Claridge’s, the event was joined by former Vogue Arabia cover stars Salma Hayek-Pinault and Ikram Abdi, Lebanese actor Razane Jammal, and supermodel Naomi Campbell, alongside HE Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and Fashion Trust founder Tania Fares . The seven winners honored at the gathering included womenswear designer Amir Al-Kasm and Renaissance Renaissance founder Cynthia Merhej (Eveningwear), Beirut-based designer Ahmed Amer (Ready-to-wear), Lebanese-British designer Katarina Tarazi (Jewelry), Omar Taha and Lily Max of design studio A Better Feeling (Accessories), menswear designer Adam Elyasse (Franca Sozzani Debut Talent), and Nigerian designer Adeju Thompson (Guest Country Award).
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani (@almayassabnthamad) The fifth edition of the FTA was initially set to take place in Doha, Qatar in 2023, and was canceled due to the “ongoing and deeply distressing humanitarian crisis in Palestine.” The winners were selected after a deliberation session held virtually over two days, while the finalists.