Fashion Trust Arabia 2025 Award Finalists Announced
The non-profit organization Fashion Trust Arabia (FTA) is proud to announce the designers who have made the finalist list for the FTA 2025 Awards. The FTA 2025 Advisory Board was responsible for selecting eighteen designer finalists from applications submitted by emerging talent from across the MENA region for a chance to win one of the six FTA Awards. The advisory board also shortlisted three finalists in this year’s Guest Country category, India. The finalists will present their work to the FTA Jury in Doha on November 22nd, 2025 and the seven winners will be announced during the evening’s FTA 2025 Awards ceremony.
The finalists for this year’s FTA 2025 Awards are:
Ready-to-Wear – Shahd AlShehail (ABADIA – Saudi Arabia), Youssef Drissi (LATE FOR WORK – Morocco), Iman Coccellato (COCCELLATO – Tunis)
Evening Wear – Ziyad Albuainain (ZIYAD BUAINAIN – Saudi Arabia), Dana Almulla (DANA ALMULLA – Qatar), Sharifa Alsharif Alhashemi (ONORI – United Arab Emirates)
Accessories – Leila Roukni (TALEL – Morocco), Duha Bukadi (DUHA – Tunis), Sharifa Alsulaiti & Altaf Almudhayan (THUNA – Kuwait)
Jewelry – Patrick Boghossian (Patrick Boghossian Jewellery – Lebanon), Farah Radwan (FYR JEWELRY – Egypt), Clara Chehab (Clara Chehab Fine jewelry – Lebanon), Franca Sozzani Debut Talent Award – Alaa Alaradi (Bahrain), Ayham Hassan (Palestine), Fatma Elshabbi (Libya), Fashion Tech – Assaad Awad (AWAD – Lebanon), Zahia Albakri (Zahya – Jordan), Fatema & Dalal Alkhaja (TOUCHLESS – Bahrain)
GUEST COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP – INDIA
FTA has invited India as a guest country to take part in the upcoming 2025 edition of the FTA Awards with a separate seventh prize – the Guest Country Award. The Indian designers will undergo the same judging process with the FTA Jury as the other FTA finalists. This collaboration, in partnership with the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, emphasizes the importance of helping young creatives in different markets build a global network of contacts and a support system.
The finalists for the Guest Country (India) Award are: Kartik Kumra (Kartik Research – India), Ankur Verma (TIL – India), Akhil Nagpal (AKHL – India)
FTA GRANT & 2025 MENTORSHIPS
The winning designers receive a financial grant of $100,000 to $200,000 cash prize, depending on the size of their business; with $50,000 for the Franca Sozzani Debut Talent Award. Evening Wear, Ready-to-Wear, Accessories and Jewelry category winners’ collections will be carried by FTA’s retail partners, Harrods and Ounass for one season. In addition to retail opportunities, FTA offers all winners incredible benefits, including a year-long mentorship with The Bicester Collection.
Huntsman will offer the Ready-to-Wear category winner an internship in London. As part of the, internship the winner will be creating a capsule collection to be sold on the retailer’s e-commerce platform. The winning designers will also take part in a two-day bespoke FTA mentorship program in London in partnership with The Bicester Collection, Brand x Society, and the British Fashion Council.
Image Fashion Trust Arabia 2025 Award Finalists by the events. PR Agency Lucien Pages Communication.