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Egyptian Designer Amr El-Banna Stuns at Cosmopolitan Fashion Week


Mon 04 Nov 2019 | 07:26 PM
Pasant Elzaitony

Egyptian fashion designer Amr El-Banna participated in the cosmopolitan fashion week 2020, in Montreal, Canada.

This is the second time for an Egyptian designer to participate in the fashion week, highlighting Egypt's name in the fashion industry, and among the countries that participated in the fashion week.

[caption id="attachment_88853" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]Design by Amr El-Banna Design by Amr El-Banna[/caption]

Among the participants were fashion designers from Spain, Italy, France, Canada, Germany, and the USA.

El-Banna's designs had caught the eyes of the show audience and fashion critics in Canada, who gave him high-praise reviews for his stunning designs.

They also praised the elegance of Egyptian production in the fashion industry

[caption id="attachment_88851" align="aligncenter" width="1021"]A Royal collection A Royal collection[/caption]

* Variety of dresses

El-Banna is famous for creating wedding dresses that address the taste of youth, thus, he presented three different designs of wedding dresses, instead of one as per usual.

He also presented two engagement dresses, and 13 grandiose dresses, bringing the total number of the displayed dresses to 18.

[caption id="attachment_88852" align="aligncenter" width="682"]Design for wedding Design for wedding[/caption]

* Source of Inspiration

The fashion designer collection was inspired by the royal era, thus, naming the collection “The royal collection”.

The dresses cut varied between long, short, fluffy and narrow with contemporary touches.

[caption id="attachment_88850" align="aligncenter" width="931"]Majuc of red Majuc of red[/caption]

*Fashion glimpses

El-Banna was keen to employ glimpses of frill and ruffles in his new collection, as well as modern designs rich in sophisticated embroidery, which was harmoniously employed.

He also used feathers, which is a top trend this season and the coming next, which was also deployed harmoniously with raffles, and used as a replacement for a sleeve of a dress.

[caption id="attachment_88843" align="aligncenter" width="682"]A Royal blue A Royal blue[/caption]

* Spring colors

Colors always expressed the spirit of the collection and its inspiration.

El-Banna presented floral print fabric as well as bright colors and expressive spring and summer colors, such as off white, white, champagne, red, burgundy, yellow, navy, purple, and despite the colorful colors, black, the king of colors, was also present in the collection.

Fabrics and embroidery materials also play an important role in giving the design a sophisticated look.

He relied on the finest raw materials used at Haute Couture such as lace, muslin, damask, organza, and natural silk.

Contributed by Yara Sameh

[caption id="attachment_88842" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]A Royal dress A Royal dress[/caption]