{"id":58669,"date":"2026-09-29T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/58669\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:19:47","slug":"%d9%85%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%8f%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b3%d8%ae%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8015-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/58669\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman at Malaga Fashion week in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Omani designer Asfar Hamran Khamis, owner of the &#8220;Leetchi Dhofar&#8221; fashion house, participated in the 15th edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/pasarelalarios.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pasarela Larios M\u00e1laga Fashion Week in Spain<\/a>, which brought together a number of designers and fashion brands from Spain and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The Omani fashion house\u2019s participation was the first of its kind at the event, and the third by an Arab fashion house. It presented a collection inspired by traditional Omani clothing from Dhofar, featuring its distinctive colours, embroidery and decorative details, reinterpreted through a contemporary vision that preserves the character and identity of traditional dress.<\/p>\n<p>The fashion week was held on Calle Marqu\u00e9s de Larios, one of M\u00e1laga\u2019s most prominent streets, which was transformed into an open-air catwalk stretching around 300 metres and featuring a range of designers and creative talent from the fashion and design industry.<\/p>\n<p>Asfar Hamran Khamis said her participation in M\u00e1laga Fashion Week marked an important milestone for the fashion house, expressing pride in representing Oman and showcasing aspects of Dhofari fashion to an international audience.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=789661414  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58665 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg\" alt=\"Oman at Malaga Fashion week in Spain \" width=\"890\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:939\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg 1707w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:261\/h:300\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg 261w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:890\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:768\/h:883\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:939\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg 1336w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:100\/h:115\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:939\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlzlkxvcvliz.i.optimole.com\/cb:MsnX.251c\/w:939\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/g:sm\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fashion-2-scaled-e1790853512733.jpeg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She added that presenting her &#8220;Al Ahd&#8221; collection represents both a responsibility and an opportunity: a responsibility to present Omani fashion in a way that reflects its distinctive character, and an opportunity to introduce an international audience to aspects of Oman\u2019s heritage and culture and the diversity of its traditional clothing and decorative details.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that participating as the first Omani fashion designer in the show provides further motivation to continue showcasing Omani fashion at international events and bring elements of Oman\u2019s heritage from the local stage to wider audiences while preserving their distinctive identity.<\/p>\n<p>The participation of the &#8220;Leetchi Dhofar&#8221; fashion house in Spain follows previous appearances in Moscow and Abu Dhabi, making M\u00e1laga its third appearance on an international platform.<\/p>\n<p>Through these international appearances, the fashion house seeks to present contemporary designs inspired by traditional Omani clothing and showcase the distinctive colours, details and inherited decorative elements of Dhofari fashion, contributing to greater awareness of the cultural and aesthetic diversity of Oman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The participation was the first of its kind at the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":58667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[339],"class_list":["post-58669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-plus","tag-spain-en"],"acf":{"fm_post_excerpt_app":"The participation was the first of its kind at the event."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58669"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58682,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58669\/revisions\/58682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}