With every collection comes with a printed booklet, all designed and printed by me with photography by Ty Faruki.
This was for the King of Crystals SS14 collection.
Luxury scarves and accessories designer Zinah Nur Sharif started her love affair with fashion 10 years ago with an early introduction to fashion illustration moving on to fashion design technology later in college and university years. Zinah & Fashion are still happily involved to this present day.
With her first design made in July 2006, Zinah had the ultimate vision of creating elegant, feminine and luxury scarves. With an eagerness to fulfill her vision, Zinah studied fashion design and specialized in graphic design on a degree level. Zinah started running a blog in July 2010 that has been a supportive platform to showcase her love for fashion and it has been kept updated with fashion photography, whimsical style tales, frills, pretty words and wonderful things.
The label ZINAH was born in June 2012 on a very small scale and exclusively catering to private clients, creating haute couture scarves. ZINAH started evolving in the background scene and is finally ready to be introduced to the world. Respecting tradition of haut couture, ZINAH only uses finest and most genuine materials with sincerity to reach true luxury. Swarovski elements are the only embellishments used for designing some of the most beautiful pieces. ZINAH scarves are a symbol of elegance, excellence, femininity and extravagance.
“I make scarves that allows women to create a beautiful version of their style” Zinah N. Sharif
King of Crystals SS14 Collection by ZINAH
Designed and handmade by me using silk organza, sandwashed silk, silk jersey and silk chiffon.
Styling and Words | Zinah Nur Sharif
Photography | Ty Faruki
Makeup | Safiyah M
Model | Olivia Ancell (Body London)
Photography | Ty Faruki
Makeup | Safiyah M
Model | Olivia Ancell (Body London)
Modestly sized yet immensely memorable, the newest Dior exhibition took iconic London department store Harrods by storm. Words by Zinah Nur Sharif.
The 'Dior at Harrods' exhibition, which wrapped up on Sunday, is a wonderland of Dior’s instantly recognizable color scheme of grey and white – a theme of ‘French Savoir Faire and British Charm’. It took 18 months to put together, with the creators putting their hearts and souls into showcasing the House of Dior’s history and fashion highlights.
The exhibition tells the history behind the fashion house, including the love Christian Dior had for flowers and how the well-known perfume ‘Miss Dior’ came about. A brief history of the notorious Lady Dior handbag, including footage of how it is made, is on display.
There is a whole section dedicated to Princess Margaret (Countess of Snowdon and sister to Queen Elizabeth II), with photographs of her dressed in Dior, not to mention a truly stunning blown up image of the Princess in a Dior ball gown. Although the exhibition is fairly small for such a prestigious fashion house, it still does Dior justice, especially that Harrods is now fully decorated with mannequins in Dior and ads for Dior perfumes.
Christian Dior was a man with immense passion and love for sophisticated designs that highlight a woman’s femininity; he made perfumes that smell like love and bestowed the fashion world with elegance.
It is clear that he did everything with great care, passion and devotion. The creative directors who followed in his footsteps have kept what everyone loves about the fashion house alive.
To complete Dior’s wonderland, visitors are able to enjoy luxury cuisine at the Dior Café in front of the exhibition. From refreshing fruit teas to fine French pastries the café is a treatment in excellence – much like the classic brand itself.
