DUBAI: Fashion Trust Arabia has unveiled its star-studded judging panel for this year’s awards ceremony, to be held in Doha, Qatar, on Oct. 26.
Jordanian Romanian footwear designer Amina Muaddi, Lebanese couturier Zuhair Murad, French designer Olivier Rousteing and Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli are among those who will be determining this year’s winners.
The judges will select six winners across five womenswear-focused categories: Evening Wear, Ready-to-Wear, Accessories (Shoes and Handbags), and Jewellery (Fine & Fashion Jewellery), and the Franca Sozzani Debut Talent Award (Arab Fashion Design Graduate), along with the guest country award.
The distinguished judging panel also includes Ruba Abu-Nimah, creative director of Tiffany & Co.; Yoon Ahn, the designer behind Yoon Ambush; Imran Amed, founder and chief executive of The Business of Fashion; Gherardo Felloni, creative director of Roger Vivier; Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim, creative directors of Oscar de la Renta; Camille Miceli, creative director of Pucci and jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz, among others.