Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - A prestigious event - “Oriental Fashion show - 2020” took place in Paris, in which 20 designers from Azerbaijan, Algeria, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Tajikistan took part , Tunisia, Turkey, and France, Dunyo news agency reported.

The Oriental Fashion Show is the first international fashion show in the world dedicated to fashion and sewing skills of the East. It provides an opportunity for designers to gain international fame, as well as expand their circle of customers. It has been held since 2004 in Paris. It has already presented collections of more than 100 designers from 50 countries. OFS also organized shows in London, Milan, New York, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Baku, Kuwait, Doha, Marrakesh, Dubai, Almaty.

The organizer of the grand event was the Association “Route De La Soie Et Al-Andalus” (Silk Road and Al-Andalus), which promotes the collections of Eastern designers on the world fashion market.

For the first time, representatives of Uzbekistan, in particular, designer Sofia Ashur, who performed under the name “Art by Sofia”, took part in the prestigious show. Her models were received with great interest by the European public and received a prize for their worthy participation in the show.

At the award ceremony, the Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to France Sardor Rustambaev told the guests about the contribution of Uzbek culture to the formation and development of Oriental fashion. It was noted that the Uzbek land played a significant role in the formation and development of the Great Silk Road. At that time, there was a mixture of cultures and customs, in connection with which the clothing culture here developed on the basis of Eastern and Western traditions. He emphasized that recently, more and more famous representatives of the world fashion industry use Uzbek national fabrics in the manufacture of exclusive products.

Along with this, it was noted that today in Uzbekistan young people are growing interest in fashion design every day, private ateliers are being created in which high-quality and competitive products are made. In this context, it was mentioned that a joint faculty of the Paris Fashion Academy began to function at the Tashkent Institute of Textile and Light Industry in Uzbekistan, which was an important step in the preparation of qualified domestic specialists in this direction.

As part of the event, the Embassy organized a special video showing the fashion, culture and traditional fabrics of our country.