DUBAI: Last week it was announced by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture that Burak Cakmak had been appointed to lead the Kingdom’s Fashion Commission, one of the 11 bodies under the Kingdom’s Ministry of Culture, to help develop the country’s burgeoning fashion industry.
“I was honored to have a chance to join the team at the Fashion Commission to lead the implementation of an ambitious strategy to build a robust fashion industry in Saudi Arabia,” said Cakmak, a former Dean of Fashion at the Parsons School of Design in New York, to Arab News.
“Saudi Arabia has all the key elements for building a successful fashion industry today. With traditions and heritage to inspire, its creative community keen to build new businesses and a fashion conscious young population engaged in retail and social media with fashion. Saudi (Arabia) is in a great place to become a key influencer in the region and globally,” he added.
Anne-Laure Pingreoun, design curator and founder of Alter-Projects and Alternative-Thinkers
Anne-Lauren Pingreoun is a design curator and founder of Alter-Projects, a new generation multidisciplinary company curating special projects which build unique stories and social experiences for designers, brands, and property developers, and Alternative-Thinkers, an online platform where creative practitioners set the framework and are then connected to funding. Her clients include the likes of the LVMH Group, London Design Festival, UK Government, Art Basel and more.
Caro Lundin, co-founder and creative director of ARC Club
As the creative director of London co-working brand ARC Club, Caro Lundin oversees every detail of the product and its use – from build-through to merchandise and marketing. Based between Stockholm and London, Lundin attended the Bartlett School of Architecture and formerly worked at Crab Studio and Sundae Design Studio, which she co-founded with a specialty in hosp
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Keaton Bullen, 21, has claimed he was sexually assaulted by Alexander Wang
He alleged that Wang unzipped his pants and grabbed his penis at a night club
Bullen claimed the encounter with Wang occurred in New York City in 2019
Wang s lawyer, Paul Tweed, is waiting for surveillance footage from the club, which he said his client believes will totally disprove this allegation
Numerous men have accused Wang of sexual assault and drugging their drinks
Accusers claim his predatory behavior has been open secret fashion industry
Meanwhile, it has been revealed that Lisa Bloom will represent 11 alleged victims
Wang has vehemently denied all allegations that have emerged against him
BBC News
By Rianna Croxford
American fashion designer Alexander Wang is facing further allegations of sexual misconduct.
Keaton Bullen, 21, a student at New York s Parsons School of Design, has alleged to BBC News he was assaulted by Mr Wang at a club in the city in 2019.
It comes as the high-profile lawyer Lisa Bloom says she is now representing 11 men with misconduct allegations against Mr Wang.
Mr Wang robustly denies all the claims made against him. I completely froze
Mr Bullen, then 20, was with a friend at the Fishbowl club in New York City when he says he encountered Alexander Wang on 24 August 2019 at about 11:30pm.