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03 Nov 2012
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Pretty (and Awesomely Charitable) Little Things – PLT’s Dolls and Textiles Edition

So you guys know I’m nothing if not an absolute sucker for fashionable things with a cause. Seriously, with the amount of fashion expos and the ‘designer bug’ that almost every other person in Kuwait has (which, don’t get me wrong, can be a beyond beautiful thing), its always nice to see someone not only make a totally unique and beautifully executed contribution to fashion and art in Kuwait, but also have a charitable, worthy cause behind it too.

Now, I know you guys probably don’t need me to tell you this but one of the hottest tickets in all of Kuwait’s current fashion expos are the Pretty Little Things expos which the brilliantly inspired Noaf Hussein puts on every few months to showcase the stunning, one-of-a-kind designs of both local and international artists. Please allow me to take a fan-moment to rave about the level of gorgeous detail and diligence that Noaf Hussein devotes to making every single PLT event look like a unique, Khaleeji cross between Alice in Wonderland, Amelie Poulain, and Marie Antoinette. And I’ve only gleaned all of this by religiously stalking her Instagram page (because, as luck would have it, I’ve been outside Kuwait for almost every single PLT event so far) so I can’t imagine how beautiful the real experience must be like.

So, yes, even if these super decadent PLT soirees didn’t have a charitable angle to them, they’d still be absolutely to die for. But they do. Which only enhances their awesomeness by ten-fold. Y’see, aside from bringing the super fab to Kuwait, PLT also uses a portion of the proceeds they make during the expos to help build houses for Kuwait’s orphans. They’ve already started work on the first house and are looking to collect more proceeds to build a second home with this Dolls and Textiles event and other upcoming PLT installments.

For the Dolls and Textiles edition, PLT chose the historically unique venue to take place at Al-Sadu House (local historic landmark of the art of Kuwaiti hand-weaving) to inspire the theme of the event. By dressing fabric dolls–Kuwait’s culturally aboriginal toy of choice–in the signature creations of a number of local designers (including Razan Alazzouni, Lama Taher, and Yousef Al-Ibrahim to name a few), PLT brings together all that is both culturally and historically celebrated in Kuwait’s fashion scene.

Now, as far as the line-up of brands that are going to showcase at the Dolls and Textiles event goes, here is the list as I have received it from Ms. Noaf (so I did not write this).

  1. Hettabretz, flying in from Italy with the most divine leather and fur creations. Their creations are around the world in stores like Bergdorf Goodman in New York, Loewe in Madrid, Fortnum & Mason in London, and Neiman Marcus Dallas, among others. Hettabretz has been worn by Hollywood royalty like Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor and has collaborated with Prada, Valentino, Louis Vuitton, and Ralph Lauren, to name a few.
  2. Trickponi showroom, based in Saudi Arabia which represents regional favorites Fyunka and L’Atelier Nawbar, as well as New York-based brands Shosh, Shui Chen, Giles & Brother, among others.
  3. Maians, a Barcelona-based brand of men and women’s shoes. The original Spanish plimsoll.
  4. Greet Touch Hydroponics, a Kuwait-based supplier of all you need to grow your own indoor herbs and vegetables without messy soil.
  5. Jars, a houseware and home decor shop that produces its own line of hand-painted bowls, boxes, trays and containers.
  6. Maze, a dazzling line of furniture and home accessories designed by Bibi Al Ghanim.
  7. Ivy, a line of leather handbags, hand-crafted in Lebanon.
  8. Lina Jewelry, a line of crochet metal  jewelry dipped in precious metals.
  9. Oleana, a Kuwait-based baby and maternity store that sells the latest and most stylish essentials.
  10. So Lulu, a line of handmade jewelry by Lubna Al Naqeeb using semi-precious stones.
  11. Amna Alsalem, the Kuwaiti clothing label that caused pulses to race at its launch in the Missoni mere months ago.

Clearly, if you’ve read this far you’re in no need of convincing to attend this very exciting shin-dig. As with everything that Noaf Hussein plans you can definitely expect an event in the truest sense of the word.

So be sure to stop by the Pretty Little Things “Dolls and Textiles” extravaganza at Al-Sadu House (on the Gulf Road, across from Seif Palace) today from 3 to 10 PM, and on Monday and Tuesday at the same time as well (here! A helpful poster!). Indulge in the decadently unique and whimsy vibe, help a truly good cause, and, if you can, try to channel some of that overwhelming awesomeness to me and my poor, non-attending, Canada-bound soul.

All my love! (I totally and shamelessly stole that picture of those fresh-to-death dolls up there from Noaf’s Instagram page @PLTQ8 right here)

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16 Jul 2012
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Fursa: Opportunity for Creativity, Experience, and Love

Opportunity is a beautiful thing. It can open doors to people and experiences which, up until that point, were strictly locked. When given the right opportunity, all kinds of creative forces, positive outlooks, and passionate ambitions can come together to make a real difference in the world.

And that is what Fursa is all about. Right down to the name, Fursa (Arabic for ‘chance’) is here to make opportunities happen for anyone who asks for them.

Now, speaking as someone who has always appreciated originality and cultural consideration, I have to start by telling you just how delighted I was when I stepped into this place. Almost every corner of this small, yet quaint boutique exploded with character and detail. Every where I looked, I’d find a new, whimsical surprise that was not only cool and quirky in its own way but, in many respects, paid homage to the Kuwaiti social and cultural tradition.

Its hipster, meets boho, meets couture all blended together with that unique, unmistakable Kuwaiti character.

But wait! What does that have to do with opportunity? (Of course, this is me channeling your inner thoughts back to you all Jedi-like)

You see, Fursa has provided this beautiful, one of a kind platform for local and international designers to sell their products FOR NOTHING. As in, they are providing a FREE service for promising individuals to showcase their work for all of Kuwait to see. The only time that the store actually makes any money off these unique products is when they receive a small fraction of the price once they are sold. Otherwise, Fursa opens its doors to any and all creative forces that deserve it for complete non-profit.

And its all in the name of chance, opportunity and, basically, ‘Fursa.’

Now, even if I was to stop right there this would definitely be enough of an example to show just how much love and compassion has gone into Fursa and the positive effort behind it.

But that’s not all.

Fursa also provides internships (Opportunity! Hello!) for young, enthusiastic Kuwaitis to both help give them some valuable experience and to give the local businesses the support they need and deserve. I had the pleasure of meeting a good handful of these energetic interns and, honestly, I was impressed by the stories they told me of their experiences. Bader Al-Yaseen, Abdulrahman Mezeal, and Abdulaziz Al-Ammar are just a few of these interns who are pictured in the slideshow below, all happy smiles and glowing positivity!

And, finally, Fursa provides yet another opportunity. The kind which is, to me, the most beautiful and precious of all: the ability to help and support the struggling battle which terminally ill children lead every single day.

At the entrance of the Fursa shop you will find the stairwell wall lined with paintings by child cancer patients, many of whom will never recover. This is the Donation Wall. It features and sells the paintings of these young cancer patients and 100% of the proceeds go towards the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in order to support them (and the hundreds of children like them) in this unthinkable time.

I snagged that beautiful flower painting by two year old Remas who, unfortunately, is dealing with a terminal form of cancer. Thanks to Fursa she’s been given the opportunity for love and support and, through Fursa, I was able to give her the exact same thing.

Please visit the quaint Fursa shop (located next to Breakfast and Brunch, right by The One in Marina Mall) or check them out online to learn more about them and what they do. I have to thank the gorgeous and brilliant sisters behind Fursa, Jumana Al-Othman and Yasmeen Al-Othman, for inviting me to check Fursa out and, really, for providing such a great platform for (that’s right) a world of opportunity.

All my love!

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24 Jun 2012

Frugal Approval: ilTrend.com (Because Its Fabulous Styling for Fabulous Pricing)

Unlike many other blogs who will rant and rave to you about an item they got for free, I do not believe in that VERY FLAWED method of reviewing. But, in my own personal time, I will go out and spend my money every now and then on a thing or two that I think is worth mentioning. I do not get a single thing out of making these reviews. And this is what Frugal Approval is all about. Honest, straight-forward reviews about products, services, etc. in Kuwait that I have personally spent money on and that I would personally tell my family and friends about. And now, I’m telling you.

I am nothing if not an online shopper. In fact, a great bulk of the stuff in my closet is made up of online purchases. But I’ve got a confession to make: I shy away from doing a lot of online shopping in Kuwait. Especially in the fashion area.

Here’s why: People tend to overprice.

I mean, really overprice. Like inflation on freaking steroids. And, well, you can’t blame me (or anyone else for that matter) for choosing to look for the same items I might want elsewhere at a more reasonable price range.

And, before anyone comes jumping down my throat for not taking into consideration the cost of shipping and handling and all that technical jazz that resellers love to use as an excuse to jack their prices up to astronomical heights, let me tell you that I have. And, speaking as someone who has been doing plenty of online shipping and ordering for a good number of years now, the reality is that when I order and ship to Kuwait 5 shirts from a US store online they always cost me a less amount than what I would pay for the exact same shirts if bought from a local Kuwaiti business or reseller.

That is the truth.

Now, what does this little rant have to do with ilTrend.com? Simple. It’s defines everything that is the opposite of this little start-up fashion business.

You see, for what is perhaps the first time in my Kuwaiti fashion shopping experience, I have finally found a store that sells stuff that does not only look awesome and different and turns a million heads, but that is also sold at an honest price.

Example: I got the most darling pair of girly, pretty, faux three piece earrings from ilTrend.com (pictured above). They’re gorgeous; they’re dainty; they’re just so adorably precious. I’ve already received tons of compliments on them since I’ve gotten them around 2 weeks ago.

And yet that perfect pair of girly, pretty, compliment-worthy awesomeness cost me no more than 4.500 KD (or 6.500 KD plus delivery).

I looked into getting another pair and found another local business selling these kinds of earrings. And I was beyond shocked. I found this other local business (which shall not be named cause I ain’t no troll) selling the exact same earrings for 10 KD a piece.

A PIECE. That means if I wanted to get the full pair of the very same earrings I bought from ilTrend.com for a grand total of 6.500 KD, I would have to pay this other local business a minimum of 20 KD.

That, by the way, is stealing.

Its also a price inflation of nearly 70%. Even if you can afford to blow that much cash, your consumer rights are supposed to insure that you don’t. And, as many of you may know, I’ve already made my opinion on this endless inflation, thievery pattern pretty darn clear.

And, really, its not just the accessories that are so fabulously styled and even more fabulously priced. I also got a beyond gorgeous dress for the very reasonable price of 12.5000 KD. Again, I saw the exact same kind of dress elsewhere in Kuwait for a price that is too crazy to mention.

The bottom line is this: ilTrend.com is fashionable; its different; its classy; its convenient; but most importantly its honest. It doesn’t try to take advantage of a single consumer, nor is it interested in presenting itself as anything that it’s not. It’s a clean business that operates on the basis of allowing every woman to indulge her fashionista tendencies without breaking the bank. Especially when there’s no reason in the world that she has to.

So, if you’re a woman, and you care about looking fabulous and, you know, keeping your bank account then ilTrend.com is definitely your ticket.

And, if you’re local fashion business, and you sell at these crazy, inflated prices then take notes.

All my love! (I also believe ilTrend has a number you can Whatsapp your orders to if online shopping isn’t your thing. Its 96609572)

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08 May 2012
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I Might As Well Make My Nails Look Like Duck Feet – The Henna Fingers Trend

Look, I am always down for a good manicure. When I’m feeling wild and fun, I go for crazy colors and designs I’ve never been courageous enough to try before. When I’m feeling all classed-up and feminine I go for the classic, timeless red or le Français. In fact, when I’m feeling just about anything there is always a shade of nail polish that reciprocates that feeling.

And its not just nail polish here. Almost every girl I know can probably attest to the healing and the cheering powers of how adorning our hands with ANYTHING–be it bracelets, rings, nail polish, or henna–can make us feel pretty.

But there’s this new henna trend that, apparently, has been catching on in Kuwait and that I don’t think will make me feel all that glammed up and beautified: the ‘Henna Fingers’ trend, which follows right in tow behind last  year’s ‘Henna Glove’ trend.

Don’t get me wrong: the ‘Henna Glove’ thing was kind of cute. It had a delicate charm about it that spoke to the cultures and traditions of the Gulf/Arab World in a cool, modern way. I never did it but I didn’t mind it at all either. However, I’ve got a whole other opinion on this ‘Henna Fingers’ deal.

Now, for those of you that don’t know what the ‘Henna Fingers’ trend is, its basically dying the fingers of your hands up until the middle (or “intermediate phalanges” to sound like a Wikipedia-bound, obnoxious loser) in black henna. That’s about it.

MeBlogging‘s brilliantly shot and styled Fortune Cookie photo shoot with the stunning Ascia, of Hybrid Headpiece awesomeness, shows some examples of this. There are also plenty of pictures of the gorg’, and oh so chic Ascia sporting this trend on her blog (in which I also found the above picture).

Now, of course, this is all a matter of my own personal taste. For all I know this could become the hottest, most loved, and most fashionably worthy trend of them all. To me, it feels like it might transform my fingers into tiny, burnt sausages; make them look like hoofs; or give an impression of a severe case of gangrene.

And if I was going to subject my fingers to that kind of visual brutality, then I might as well make my nails look like duck feet while I’m at it too.

But again, that could be just me.

All my love!

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29 Apr 2012
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A Question for the Spendthrifts and the Frivolous: The Point Behind Spending Pointlessly

Look, I own designer stuff. Designer bags, designer clothes, designer accessories–I pretty much have a good chunk of assorted designer loot in my closet. I am totally for high fashion and, in fact, find it kind of annoying when people whine and moan about how expensive something like a Louis Vuitton purse is. I know that these luxury items are expensive for several, arguably valid reasons. They’re timeless, well-crafted, artistically wrought creations that are made out of some of the best materials on this earth and under the best set of hands. If anything, some of these items can be considered as a real financial investment if you take proper care of them.

So, please understand that the forthcoming criticism is not of high fashion nor of its duly expensive brand of luxurious products. This post actually has nothing to do with luxurious things whatsoever.

This post is about that one person that everyone knows if you happen to live in a place like Kuwait (or, really, anywhere abundantly wealthy). You know the one. She’s the girl that has about a hundred pairs of Jimmy Choos that she’s only ever worn once. Or the guy that collects super-pricy Rolex watches only to wear each of them once in a blue moon.

I know one, you know one, we all know one (at least). That’s right: I’m talking about the spendthrifts and the frivolous group of people that always seem to emerge out of every financially blessed population. The only reason I’m using Kuwait as an example here is because its the only place where I can draw from actual experience–but I’m sure this is not a Kuwait exclusive deal.

Now, before I start, I know a lot of you are going to ask: “What’s it to you? It’s their money. They can do whatever they want with it. How is the way that anyone chooses to spend their money any of your business?”

And here’s my answer (put as briefly as possible): It’s not.

I’m not here to tell anyone how to spend their money, give my opinion on wise investments or, really, anything to do with the way that anyone chooses to manage their property (financial or otherwise). That kind of talk should be reserved for your Mommas and Papas–not me.

All I’m here to say is, if you do happen to know someone who mindlessly spends bucket-loads of cash on a whole lot of luxury items just for the sake of owning them and not really using them (or even if you happen to be one of these people), then you would probably benefit yourself and so many others if you take the time to perhaps ask a few questions about why people in rich societies do this.

I mean, when you choose to buy, for example, 20 Chanel purses and then chuck them away in the back of your closet, only to be seen on select occasions and worn, on average, a small handful of times throughout the year (before you go out and buy 20 more new ones), what’s the point?

This is really what I’m trying to understand here.

As a person who does indulge in high fashion and luxurious things from time to time, I honestly find myself very baffled by this question and this mode of behavior that I’ve seen so many times in Kuwait.

Is there some kind of cathartic benefit to spending so much money on things that are considered luxurious just for the sake of it? Like you think it could possibly console any feelings you might have about your financial or social security?

Do you feel that your reputation and the public opinion of you depends on the amount of expensive things that you own? And so the more you accumulate the more people will respect you or speak highly of you?

Is it just some kind of compulsive, nearly addictive habit? Confessions of a Shopaholic, anyone?

I’ve talked about this behavior with some people and, for some reason, many of them just chalk it up to boredom, an overflowing trust fund, and a lack of character-building “life experience.” And, while I understand where they’re coming from, I think that kind of opinion is somewhat limiting cause it can really only be applied to adolescent, spoiled children at best. You can hardly say the same thing about, for instance, a busy mother of two who has an MBA and works a full-time job as a bank executive.

Because I know that mother and I’ve seen her, in all her hard-earned “life experience,” do the exact same thing.

So, really, what do people honestly think they get out of this insane level of spending which, for all intents and purposes, is actually pretty damn pointless? I’m not judging or anything. Just pretty curious.

The reason I ask this question is because, well, I feel like there is so much more to the people in Kuwait than the things they own and I really don’t like this notion of anyone trying to strongly define themselves through the amount of expensive stuff that sits in the back of their closet.

So, please, oh deep-pocketed souls (or their acquaintances), shed some light over here.

All my love!

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30 Mar 2012

For My Niece: Why There’s Nothing Wrong With Beauty Being “Skin-Deep”

So I love clothes. And I love books. I have friends who can’t stand to read a page of literature and would much rather spend hours pouring over an article in Vogue. And then I have another group of friends who consider clothing as nothing more than an obligatory part of waking up in the morning and don’t find the least bit of interest in fashion as they do in spending hours on end reading every kind of book on the planet.

The fashionistas think that the bookworms are socially inept hermits, and the bookworms think that the fashionistas are shallow airheads. But hey! I love clothes and I love books, goddammit! I care about my looks and my brain, so what the hell am I?

Not only that but I can tell you with complete confidence that I’ve had long and deep conversations about the most philosophical subjects with my fashionista girls and that I’ve shared the most insanely adventurous and stupid-yet-awesome moments of my life with my bookworm friends.

My point being that there is no exclusive importance that needs to be placed on either looks or brains in order for a woman to feel truly unique and beautiful. There just isn’t.

But, according to the 12th most shared article of 2011, ‘How to Talk to Little Girls,’ I’ve got it all wrong.

So apparently the author of this article (Lisa Bloom) thinks we should just annihilate any and all forms of praise for physical attributes that a little girl may have so that we don’t unintentionally contribute to her developing a self-image issue in her psyche. Instead of focusing our compliments on how pretty a little girl looks in a dress, we should shower her with encouraging comments about the books she reads or hobbies she enjoys. Anything but tell her that she looks pretty darn cute in her first real pair of big-girl shoes.

According to her advice, leaving out all these remarks on a girl’s physical and external beauty will lead to “one tiny bit of opposition to a culture that sends all the wrong messages to our girls. One tiny nudge towards valuing female brains.”

Which, hey, I am absolutely and wholeheartedly down for. Anything that can be done to help remove the insane and extremely harmful social standards of physical beauty and self-worth is a great and noble cause in my book.

But I still don’t think that erasing the topic of fashion or physical beauty altogether is going to lead to a whole lot of improvement.

I’ve got a particular friend back in Kuwait who comes to mind here. She’s someone who cares so much about the fashion industry and about keeping up with the latest trends that grace the pages of Vogue magazine that, sometimes, it can be ridiculous. Fashion is, by all means, her true ambition in this life. But yet she has suffered some very hurtful experiences while growing up because of the fact that fashion was her passion. She was immediately discounted by her teachers, her employers, and sometimes even her own family as being “stupid,” “shallow,” and “self-centered.” Yet this girl graduated in my class with a Magna Cum Laude honors and a sky-high GPA.

She was not stupid nor was she, by any means, self-centered or superficial.

And this is the mistake that people make when they opt for the whole “books not looks” praise philosophy. With the best of intentions people make this mistake under the impression that we are promoting something healthy and good but, actually, all we end up doing is substituting one complex for another.

We’re letting girls think that they can either be praised for their looks or their brains, but not both.

And, of course, we need to remind little girls and young women that, in a world where there is so much emphasis being placed on the pressure to look a certain way, that their minds matter too. It’s important for women to talk to other women (and little girls) about books, art, politics, and ideas. But those great efforts don’t erase the fact that there still is a lot of pressure on body image that’s waiting for little girls just beyond their doorsteps. They are going to be bombarded with all kinds of confusing messages about how a girl should externally look and behave no matter what. And it’ll be downright irresponsible of us to leave them with those confusing messages and not address them along with every other “intellectual” thing.

When we don’t talk to girls about clothes or makeup we give them the WRONG AND HARMFUL impression that these things are unimportant and signs of vanity. And when we only ever compliment them about their looks we instill the equally WRONG AND HARMFUL impression that looks are all that matters.

So, what’s to be done here? Compliment girls on how they look AS WELL AS other topics of interest. Let them know that its essentially important to have an appreciation for physical as well as intellectual beauty. AS IN BOTH. AT THE SAME TIME.

As for me, not a single day is going to pass by that I’m not going to tell my little niece how beautiful she looks when I see her. And the more she grows the more I’m going to talk to her about every subject under the sun. I’m going to read to her and then I’m going to go help her pick out her outfit.

Because I want her to take after her auntie: I want her to love clothes and love books.

All my love!

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18 Mar 2012
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Frugal Approval: Local Tees (And How They Make Kuwait Special)

Unlike many other blogs who will rant and rave to you about an item they got for free, I do not believe in that VERY FLAWED method of reviewing. But, in my own personal time, I will go out and spend my money every now and then on a thing or two that I think is worth mentioning. I do not get a single thing out of making these reviews. And this is what Frugal Approval is all about. Honest, straight-forward reviews about products, services, etc. in Kuwait that I  have personally spent money on and that I would personally tell my family and friends about. And now, I’m telling you.

Let’s all admit it ladies and gents: Kuwait is THE LAND of trends or “habbat” as its more affectionately known in Kuwaiti-Arabic. Whether its BlackBerry neck holders, UGGs (no matter how UGG-LY), Ray Bans, henna tattoos, or pointless, money-scamming ‘balance’ wristbands, I have never seen a fashion trend spread faster and more rabid than in Kuwait.

Never ever. I don’t know how people in Kuwait get their ‘trend alerts’ but everyone will literally transform overnight and become an exact copy of the complete stranger striding along next to them in The Avenues. It’s like the freaking Matrix, I swear.

Now, I personally have never really found myself gravitating towards any of the “habbat” that people in Kuwait tend to flock towards. I value my sense of style and I believe that my style is supposed to express all that is unique and interesting about me as opposed to making me look like I’m ‘on trend.’ The way I dress is an extension of the way I am.

And ‘the way I am’ can be defined somewhere in the land of preppy-girly meets indie-casual. I like to look polished and pretty but still give off a highly unique and comfortable vibe.

There is perhaps no easier way to achieve this kind of look than to find a clean cut, pretty colored t-shirt with an amazingly creative print on it. If you’re into this kind of style then you’re probably pretty well-acquainted with places like ThreadLess or Urban Outfitters.

Well, if you’re in Kuwait, you better start acquainting yourself with Local Tees too.

I first happened upon Local Tees when I visited the BuzzArt Retail Festival held in the Fa Gallery last summer. And after I nearly passed out from the sheer awesomeness of their creations, I bought the beautiful Audrey Hepburn ‘trying to hold smoke’ t-shirt then jetted back home to check out their full collection online.

And as excited as I was when I saw a few of their shirts hanging on a single rack, I was honestly QUADRUPLY excited when I saw their whole shin-dig online.

Not only was this the first truly street hip, pop art inspired, indie-loving fashion line in Kuwait, it was also EXPRESSIVELY BY KUWAIT. So, yes, Local Tees features some really great and inspired graphic art pieces created by some really brilliant international artists, but that is honestly not what makes it so special.

What makes it so special is its distinctly Kuwaiti and Arab character as highlighted, for example, in their ‘Toobah’ (توبه) shirt. Yeah, its a shirt that’s all about a phrase and hand gesture that only an old Kuwaiti women would make. Where else on the planet are you going to find a shirt like that? What more unique and fashion forward way to express your love for Kuwait and its heritage?

Unfortunately, I couldn’t snag any of those beyond cool ‘hand gesture, old phrase’ t-shirts because they were sold out like freaking hot-cakes! But, I was wildly happy to still see a huge collection of Arab and Kuwaiti centric t-shirts available and ended up snagging the ‘Babaratzi’ t-shirt.

Now, as far as pricing goes they do lose a few points: I mean, 20 KD for what is, in the end, a jersey t-shirt makes Local Tees more of a luxury buy than something that your average street hip, upper middle-class girl can afford on a regular basis. But, hey, I personally think that almost ALL of Kuwait’s clothing market needs to recheck its lofty price tags, so maybe its just me.

But when it finally comes down to it Local Tees is a Kuwaiti brand worth supporting. Not just because it provides a wide array of high quality material for the growing and wanting indie community in Kuwait. But because it also adds its own flavor of Arab and Kuwaiti character that is dedicated to seeing the brilliant fashion potential in all the local color and heritage that makes Kuwait unique and special and unlike any other place on earth.

All my love!

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