Driving amidst the usually highly-trafficked zone to BurJuman was quite a feat, knowing that we’re running late from squeezing our time to favour the event invites of our close friends in Paule Ka and Saks Fifth Avenue. After we got in and parked our car, we literally ran in heels to make our way to the boutique.

It was an easy task, finding the right spot where the fashion …

Monday night saw a well-dressed bunch of fashionistas march down Fashion Avenue at the Dubai Mall to attend the opening of Paule Ka’s flagship boutique, the Parisian brand’s first ever standalone store in the Middle East.

It’s a 110-square-foot shop, and if that sounds tiny to you already, then imagine cramming at least 50 people in there. Yep, the event was relatively successful and well-attended, considering the space of …

It would have been a shame if we stood by our intuition to decline the invite to the preview of the Autumn/Winter 2010 collection of the leading local street wear retailer Splash. We finally came to our senses, and decided we just had to attend the event that tons of Dubai’s social butterflies had been talking about.

So, donning a classic LBD, we thronged to Madinat Arena along with …

Surprisingly, Wednesday night’s Meher & Riddhima Autumn/Winter 2010 collection preview at Boutique 1, Mirdiff City Centre turned out to be a lovely way to end the hectic and literally eventful day. Three separate events were lined up for us to attend that day, and a trip to a laid-back mall outside of the city proper was just what we needed to unwind.

The preview promptly started at six in …

After a dangerously fatal snoozefest that was the proper Dubai summer, it appears the city’s social-slash-fashion-slash-beauty calendar is beginning to go ablaze. The local scene definitely sizzled yesterday, as Revlon flew in their global artistic director, renowned makeup artist Gucci Westman to host a little makeup party at the Park Hyatt Dubai.

Staged at creekside al fresco restaurant The Terrace, this week’s major event saw Ms. Westman, fresh off …

If you happened to be at Paris Gallery at the Dubai Mall yesterday afternoon, you may have found an odd congregation of people by the Guerlain boutique, spritzing away with a range of exquisite perfumes and walking curiously around like a bunch of intoxicated fragrance junkies on a field trip. That was us, plus a few other members of the press.

We were at Paris Gallery, led by a …

It may be Fall now, but that’s not going to stop us sons and daughters of Dubai from going on beach picnics anytime soon. Who are we kidding? There’s neither Autumn nor Spring here! Until mid-December comes, it’s still warm enough out to hit the beach and turn the shore into your very own personal swimwear catwalk.

But of course, there’s no way you’re working the runway-slash-beach in a …

What do Meg Ryan and Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger and Gary Sinise, Teri Hatcher and Ashton Kutcher have in common? Well, aside from good looks, star power and social influence, these Hollywood celebrities have been known to participate as ambassadors to the Baume & Mercier & Me charity campaign.

This year, the former Godfather 3 and Oceans series actor Andy Garcia is the new ambassador of the Geneva-based watch brand’s now famous …

If you’re one of our Twitter followers or Facebook fans, you must have learned from our social media updates on Saturday evening that the Dubai Ladies Club charity sale event was a runaway success, having raised an estimated AED 60,000 for the benefit of the Mohammed bin Rashid Charitable Humanitarian Foundation.

Marking the second edition of the annual Donate Your Bag campaign, the authenticated, pre-loved designer stock was completely …

While most of you who watched the Emmy Awards via live stream were busy figuring out who was donning who, we at La Moda were deep in conversation among ourselves with just one very important question: Will a dress from Dubai’s expansive list of couturiers turn up at the show?

Luckily, one did. Dubai-based designer Rahil Hesan, CEO of Warda Haute Couture got to feature some fierce UAE talent …