Staging arguably the most-awaited show at Dubai Fashion Week, Amato Couture’s Furne One gave La Moda Dubai an exclusive sneak peak into yet another intriguing collection that will walk down the runway at 8:30 pm tonight.

We almost were sure readers weren’t going to see anything remotely related to MTV’s Video Music Awards on La Moda, but as soon as we heard that top Dubai designer Furne One participated on some level, we had a sudden change of heart.

“I’m the queen!” were the words that Furne One  first uttered in order to describe his collection during the post-show press conference that we attended at the recently concluded Dubai Fashion Week. These three words summed up the title of his well-loved, highly applauded fashion show on the last night of DFW S/S 2011.

Furne, who appeared more confident and calm in front…

The eagerly anticipated show by Furne One opened to a packed house at Dubai Fashion Week.  “Amato”, which means beloved, consisted of creations in varying intensities of gold and ivory, heavily embellished with Swarovski crystals.

The Elizabethan era inspired clothes were showcased in a performance, choreographed by the designer himself. The models wore a dramatic look, showcasing elaborately designed head…

Hailing from the city of gold, Furne One brought forth his fashion house Amato Couture to the land of Harry Potter and Shakespeare. Opening the “A La Mode” shows, the crowd in this LFW event got the opportunity to see the highly embellished and intricately detailed high fashion pieces from the celebrated Dubai-based Filipino designer.

The signature Amato Couture was definitely stamped all…

The Dubai fashion pack had a little congregation last night as everyone gathered to celebrate the opening night of Dubai Fashion Fiesta, a widely anticipated fashion exhibition by Emirates Vision and Dubai Summer Surprises.

After a longer-than-expected red carpet reception where visitors exercised their small talk skills and posed for photos, Amato Couture’s Furne One and his gold locks finally arrived and the…

What we love about fashion events like the upcoming Dubai Fashion Fiesta is that they offer much much more than a list of catwalk shows and an array of designers all thrilled about getting their moment and savouring it like there’s no tomorrow.

These exhibitions are a hotspot of radioactively stylish people from all walks of life, drawn together by a singular love…

If your inner fashion snob thought the Dubai Fashion Week last April was an unruly event for loud teenagers and brain-dead socialite wannabes, forever skewing your view on the Dubai fashion scene, then maybe the upcoming Dubai Fashion Fiesta can change your mind.

Now in its fourth year, DFF, an official event of Dubai Summer Surprises, is another exhibition that attempts to realise…

Supermodel Heidi Klum invited Furne One back to Germany’s version of the television model-search reality show America’s Next Top Model. The top-notch Dubai-based Filipino designer goes back to dressing the finalists of GNTM, for the third year in a row this time.

Known for his opulent and elaborate collections – not to mention the dramatic fashion shows – Furne One…