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Taking a look at the latest stories to catch up on from the past month on the talk’s online home at passionsarabia.com. Follow us on Instagram @passions.arabia for your daily dose of style and inspiration, what’s trending, the Maisons and the Marques... along with stories of the passionate individuals who are making it happen.

Prada – Surreal Glamor

From Milan Fashion Week. Tools of glamor, uniforms of beauty. For Fall/ Winter 2020, a consideration of the strength of women, an emphasis on an inherent authority found in that which is intrinsically feminine. Rather than a negation of identity, a celebration. The agency of women.

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KAGE’s Basma Abu Ghazaleh – setting sustainability goals

For Spring/Summer 2020, KAGE revealed its pledge to work toward reducing their environmental footprint through the introduction of sustainable fabrics. This topical move is one that is extremely important to KAGE’s creative director Basma Abu Ghazaleh.

passionsarabia.com/kages-basma-abughazaleh-setting-sustainability-goals For Mouawad, love is a masterpiece

With its joyful air of optimism, spring is the season synonymous with romance in full bloom. The Mouawad Love in Mist diamond and sapphire suite is an ode to this season of love, when nature awakens from its wintry sleep and blossoms.

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AlAnoud Al Sharekh – Social Activist

Our first protagonist is Kuwait’s AlAnoud Al Sharekh – a researcher and academic of global standing, one with a particular interest in women’s rights. Highly valued for her opinions across a host of societal issues, here she speaks to our Simon Balsom – both as an activist, and a mother.

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The Bespoke Event – Bibi Hayat

Thoughts in mind for that once in a lifetime event? Business launch ahead? Going as a guest? Parties and events aren’t what they used to be. Doing it right is more important than ever. And, more than ever, doing it right invariably means doing it with the right people. Right? Pick the best organiser, and your evening is going to go with a swing and, critically, shine the right light on you. The best organisers make the whole thing look easy, and the best that we know is Kuwait’s Bibi Hayat.

passionsarabia.com/bespoke-bibihayat Milan Fashion Week – #GucciTheRitual

Gucci surpassed itself as it opened Milan Fashion Week 2020. Having sent show invitations via WhatApp – and with the all-important hashtag #GucciTheRitual unveiled – the label’s fans and acolytes showed up expecting a heightened experience. By the end of the night, no one left the Gucci Hub without a cinematic story to tell.

passionsarabia.com/milan-fashionweek-guccitheritual WHITE Milano x Maison ARTC – Sustainability is the new core of fashion

With over 500 brands in 4 locations, at the heart of the Tortona fashion and design district, WHITE Milano is always a key reference point for womenswear during Milano Moda Donna. This year the trade show’s special guest is Moroccan designer Maison ARTC.

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Grand re-launch for La Cosmetique Royale

Royale Hayat hospital held the grand relaunch of their prestigious cosmetic center, now known as La Cosmetique Royale. It was previously known as CosmeSurge cosmetic center.La Cosmetique Royale offers a comprehensive range of procedures and services including Plastic surgery, Dermatology, Medical lasers treatments and Aesthetic Cosmetology.The team includes Dr. Reza Navavian, a world-renowned Consultant Plastic surgeon, with clinics in Los Angeles, Europe and here in Kuwait, and Dr. Gie Vandehult, a Swedish and German board-certified plastic surgeon, who has considerable experience in plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery and can provide an “exclusively female surgical team.” Providing a comprehensive range of both clinical and aesthetic dermatology at La Cosmetique Royale, Dr. Suraj Davies is a specialist dermatologist with a long experience in all aspects of Dermatology. Dr Suraj also runs a male wellness clinic, offering confidential advice and treatment for exclusively male-related issues. In addition to the plastic surgery, clinical and aesthetic dermatology, the clinic has highly experienced and qualified clinical aestheticians and Laser technicians providing a wide range of treatments of both the face and the body.

WHITE Milano drops in on Kuwait

White is a world-renowned fashion trade-show since its very onset, fameas a springboard for brands, like an accelerator for consolidated fashion business. A not-to-be-missed event that, season after season, keeps coming up with new trends and proposals. A successful Italian and international brand mix of renowned and consolidated maisons, cutting-edge designers, emergent labels and front-line names are the undisputed protagonists of WHITE’s editions. Just prior to their end-February Milan dates, they dropped in on us. Follow @passions.arabia for seasonal updates!

Lincoln Alghanim X Women

Lincoln Alghanim sponsored the first gathering of 2020 for the Zwaret Harem morning Iftar. As part of the ongoing Lincoln Harem Program, a specially curated guest list of Kuwaiti women were hosted for morning breakfast at Kuwait’s The Hub Café. For the visit, the full fleet of the Lincoln car was assembled… the Navigator, Aviator, Corsair, Nautilus, and Continental. The aim of this visit was to engage Kuwaiti women in a Lincoln driving experience and to experience the Lincoln cars brand. According to Marcia Salzberg, Lincoln senior designer for color and materials, “A more traditional material, such as luxury wood trim, or a more modern take in the form of a wrapped aluminum mesh, may hold equal appeal for women. It’s where and how the material is applied, and its relationship to the colors and surfaces enveloping it that creates a holistic expression of quality women recognize and appreciate.”

The all-new Lincoln Corsair 2020 is officially unveiled

During a special event at Kuwait’s newly expanded 360 Mall, Lincoln Alghanim introduced the Lincoln Corsair 2020 – an all-new compact SUV. The pop-up Lincoln event delivered the new SUV front-and-center with visitors to one of the country’s leading malls. The Corsair delivers a true luxury experience in the compact luxury SUV class. Featuring the latest technology and safety features, the Corsair is predicted to become the American marque’s best-selling automobile through 2020.