In Saudi Arabia, it is completely different. Saudi women working in fashion design broke that global concept and imposed the culture, history and heritage of their country on such occasions, most of which are international events.
Saudi designers replaced these costumes with national traditional costumes during the fourth edition of the “Saudi Cup 2023”. These costumes caught the attention of the audience, especially since they did not have the seals of the largest international show houses, but rather stemmed from the work of young Saudi women. To employ the past and future of their countries, on such a global occasion, to use them to highlight their talents, and before that the ancient heritage that their countries possess, referred to as Lebanon.
And while more than 100 designs emerged, each of which summarizes a specific inspiration for a young Saudi woman, the Saudi designer, Samira Al-Otaibi, who won the “Fashion” award presented by the Ministry of Culture in 2023, was the talk of the audience, through her design of an outfit, inspired by carpets. The “Islamic” oriental, which symbolizes the identity of the Middle East, and the region’s peculiarity in women’s fashion, and some describe it as “the costume of hospitality”, which stems from the pure heritage of the region, and is woven in a manual way, relying on merging the fabric by hand, and the matter goes beyond fashion, To reach the carpets, which are used by most Saudi homes, in an expression of “continuing heritage.”
The designer, Reham Naseer, did not stray from the beauty that her colleague Samira Al-Otaibi introduced to this forum, and despite her reliance on the white color in her design, which simulates serenity, peace and purity, she put some imprints that tell about the rich history, with deep roots, and was inspired by the prominent engraving arts. On the “Al-Masmak Palace”, and embroidered it with touches commensurate with the arts of Najd architecture, and these designs were striking in the tournament witnessed by those interested in equestrianism from all over the world.
The creativity of the fingers of the Saudi women did not stop at this point, but rather took the design of the “open girl”, which took its right to draw attention, and left many question marks, which increased the curiosity of the audience, to know the reason for naming it by this name, which stems from the inspiration of the designer Hala Al-Gharabawi, who Through it, it sought to simulate the diversity of culture that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enjoys, and its regions that are unique in their privacy from others, as it used flowers in exchange for the nature of the mountains that the southern region of the Kingdom is famous for.
