Fashion entrepreneurship has never been entirely novel to our culture. We have all heard stories of our mothers and grandmothers visiting a tailor to design a certain gown or fashion item back in the day. In fact, some of us might have visited tailors ourselves to recreate a specific fashion item or to design our own clothing. Rather than designing fashion for individual consumption, there has been a recent trend towards pursuing fashion design careers and then launching an independent brand. We have heard of big names like Okhtein and Temraza, who serve as iconic aspirations for most local fashion designers and have gained recognition nationally, regionally and globally. Here are a few thriving Egyptian brands that are worth supporting. Amina K View this post on Instagram A post shared by AMINA K. (@aminak_egypt) on May 25, 2019 at 5:11am PDT Founded by Amina Khalil in 2009, Amina K is a local fashion brand inspired by traditional Egyptian fashion. After studying fashion design, Khalil spotted an opportunity in the fashion scene for “ethnic inspired garments” created out of local textiles by Egyptian artisans. Most of the products are…
