Designer: Rabia Z

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

You may not have heard of Rabia Z yet, but that is about to change. Meet Dubai Fahion Week’s “Emerging Talent Winner” and the winner of the British Council’s “Young Entrepreneur of the Gulf” award. This young woman has burst onto the fashion stage and she is aiming high. What makes her unique is that she is designing for the modern Muslim woman, and she isn’t including burkas in her Fall line. She is taking traditional Muslim fashion and making it fun, fabulous, and “modern.”