“The borders and restrictions that used to exist have been abolished, and this has given us an opportunity to show our creativity in a more beautiful way.” The crowd on Thursday included designers, fashion journalists and Saudi celebrities like Lojain Omran, best known abroad for her turn on the money-drenched Netflix show “Dubai Bling”. The range of designs on display demonstrated Saudi Arabia’s seriousness about competing not just with Dubai but other fashion capitals, Omran said. “If you want to reach a global audience in fashion, you have to reach all types of people — the conservatives, and those who are the opposite,” she said.
