Dubai label Taller Marmo wins regional Woolmark Prize. Dubai-based label Taller Marmo and Indian fashion designer Suket Dhir win the womenswear and menswear awards at the International Woolmark Prize regional final for India, Pakistan and the Middle East. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00A collection inspired by English writer Gertrude Bell's travels across the Middle East has
00:24won its Dubai-based designers the regional leg of the coveted International Woolmark
00:30Prize for fashion.
00:31Dubai label teller Marmo will represent the Middle East, India and Pakistan in the women's
00:36wear category, while India designer Sukit Dher and his label will compete in the menswear
00:42category of the annual international award, considered one of the most prestigious in
00:47the world.
00:48Women's wear, we found it, the international aspect quite fascinating and I think that
00:55plays to the whole award as a whole being a global award and really showing that it's
01:02a global market, it's a global industry now and it doesn't really matter where you come
01:07from, it's your point of view and how you present it.
01:10We use the best of the best in Italian manufacturers of textiles.
01:17Most of them were in Biela and also the craftsmanship of the pieces were curated 100%.
01:27We also collaborate with the jewellery makers Soldani and Bianchi that did this 925 marina
01:34ship with two little South American emeralds and it was all about the woman that travels,
01:40the mother woman that travels.
01:41The question that we asked was how many women find two different cities with two total different
01:51weathers in the same day.
01:53So we create this super super light top and pants and we add this 5kg coat, a bonded merino
02:02wool coat to tell that story.
02:06They launched their label at Fashion Forward some four seasons ago and they've been showing
02:12consistently at Fashion Forward and we've supported them all the way and we're just
02:17extremely happy that the larger doors are opening up for them and the win for International
02:23Woolmark Prize for the regionals is definitely going to put them on a different level.
02:28With the men's wear it was a lovely representation of India, really told from the heart, such
02:34amazing skill in development of fabric innovation in such a simple way and that's the beauty
02:40of wool because it is one of the oldest fibres that man's used to clothe themselves in.
02:47I think the unique thing about my collection is that it's trans-seasonal, it's merino
02:51wool but it's good for summer and for winter and plus it has a lot of soul, it's actually
02:58coming from the villages of India, you know there are these people who are weaving such
03:03amazing fabrics, we just introduced them to wool and they did the rest of the magic and
03:08I think there was a lot of effort and those beautiful energies of all those people, I
03:17think it's just that energy that made this garment stand out.
03:21As finalists, the two labels will each receive cash and will be required to create a six-piece
03:27collection made out of merino wool.
03:29The collections will be presented to an international panel of judges along with entries from Asia,
03:35Australia, British Isles, Europe and the USA.
03:38Irish Eden Belleza for Tabloid.