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After Business of Fashion's Imran Amed, Vogue Italia's Franca Sozzani, it is now famed the British fashion writer and author Colin McDowell's turn to make a pit stop in Dubai. Having written over 26 books on fashion, he is a true authority on the subject.
Returning to Dubai after at least a decade years he said, "This city had a real quality about it." He was in town to launch the coffee table book, "Swarovski: Celebrating a History of Collaborations in Fashion, Jewelry, Performance and Design", a book that commutates 120 years of the iconic crystal brand.
McDowell has penned the chapter on fashion for the book, and other writers who have contributed to the Rizzoli publication include fashion's most famous critic Suzy Menkes and noted jewelry historian Vivienne Becker.
Along with fifth generation member of the Swarovski family, Nadja Swarovski, McDowell discussed importance of crystal in fashion and unveiled an exhibition of some of Swarovski's most memorable designer collaborations at the Mall of The Emirates, on Thursday.
The works of designers such as Alexander McQueen, Dior and Balmain are on display at luxury retail store; Harvey Nichols and this design archive will open to the public till December 23, 2015." For Fashion, Swarovski changed decoration from an option to a necessity", said McDowell.
McDowell noted that Dubai lifestyle had a very hedonistic way of life that was all about living life in style. "Even the European restaurants are better here than the ones in Europe," he said. Dubai he felt was truly a city of fashion. "Style comes from spending money," he believes. McDowell is known for looking at fashion, for its social significance. "Look at the Versailles, it was all about spending money. And they lived life in true style," says the noted author. He is currently working on a book tentatively titled, "A Social History of Fashion."
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