Historic’: Saudi stages first swimwear fashion show
A model presents a creation during the Red Sea Fashion Week in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea resort of Ummahat Island, on May 16, 2024. — AFP pic
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Sunday, 19 May 2024 8:38 AM MYT
UMMAHAT ISLANDS (Saudi Arabia), May 19 — Saudi Arabia held its first fashion show featuring swimsuit models on Friday, an envelope-pushing step in a country where less than a decade ago women were required to wear body-covering abaya robes.