With the aim of empowering young designers, an exclusive award that will cover several design categories will be launched and will provide winners with an internship programme at Dolce&Gabbana headquarter in Italy

The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) and luxury Italian fashion brand Dolce&Gabbana have announced their collaboration on the new ADMAF x Dolce&Gabbana Award that aims to nurture the talents of emerging Emirati fashion designers while paying tribute to their heritage through design.

Open to current and recently graduated university students from the UAE, the new award will potentially cover clothing, jewellery, fragrance, and home decor design aspects and will give finalists the opportunity to gain the necessary skills to develop and realise their finished products through a trained internship in Italy before being showcased to the public next year during Abu Dhabi Festival 2024.

The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation is committed to recognising achievements in culture and arts and sustaining cultural development by embracing creativity and launching a wide array of initiatives and societal programs to attract various audiences, in addition to cultivating creative talents in the UAE and abroad in cooperation with major local and international cultural institutions.

With the aim of empowering young designers, an exclusive award that will cover several design categories will be launched and will provide winners with an internship programme at Dolce&Gabbana headquarter in Italy

The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) and luxury Italian fashion brand Dolce&Gabbana have announced their collaboration on the new ADMAF x Dolce&Gabbana Award that aims to nurture the talents of emerging Emirati fashion designers while paying tribute to their heritage through design.

Open to current and recently graduated university students from the UAE, the new award will potentially cover clothing, jewellery, fragrance, and home decor design aspects and will give finalists the opportunity to gain the necessary skills to develop and realise their finished products through a trained internship in Italy before being showcased to the public next year during Abu Dhabi Festival 2024.

The Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation is committed to recognising achievements in culture and arts and sustaining cultural development by embracing creativity and launching a wide array of initiatives and societal programs to attract various audiences, in addition to cultivating creative talents in the UAE and abroad in cooperation with major local and international cultural institutions.

Established in 2007, Young Media Leaders is a career development initiative by the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) that provides ambitious Emirati university students and graduates with knowledge, experience, insight and understanding of the local, regional and global media industry. Through in-depth workshops and encounters with leading academics and professionals in the field, the initiative works to sustain the region’s media industry by equipping students with the tools and confidence required to become the media leaders of tomorrow.