.Last night’s Fashion trend Trust Arabia (FTA) Awards at El Badi Royal Residence in Marrakech were much more significant to style Imaan Hammam than a regular field event. “I have actually been excited concerning attending this year’s FTA Honors because the location was actually shown,” she tells Style. “I understood I intended to have an unique participation given that Morocco is my home.” That she did, supplying the activity’s position remarks.Though Hammam was actually birthed and raised in Amsterdam, her mommy is coming from Morocco, and Hammam has patronized the nation throughout her life.
“My earliest memory of Marrakech is actually of my mother, my grandmother, and also I walking through the souks and also acquiring lost,” she says. “It is actually still among my favored things to accomplish when I am actually back.” She likewise produces it a point to appreciate her favorite local dish, tanjia with lemon protect. (” It is actually prepared in clay-based pot put underground,” she allotments.) This journey, she added a heavy carries out of fashion as well as elegance to her schedule.
“The very first thing that entered your mind was actually to put on an original caftan,” Hammam says of planning her FTA appearance. “I connected to my buddy Badr as well as began brainstorming. We wanted to do a tribute to the royal family members, exclusively referencing Lalla Meryem.
Her appeals have been actually so motivational to me, showcasing a mix of custom as well as modernity.” Hammam counted on Selma Benomar for a personalized dark caftan highlighting Moroccan workmanship and also style. Hair Stylist Hos Hounkpatin, meanwhile, gave Hammam a ’90s supermodel-esque bob with a modern spin, with make-up performer Nadia Tayeh applying darker eye liner and also gold emphases on her skin. The look, Hammam points out, is one she’s constantly would like to pull together for an event– she was merely waiting for the ideal minute.
“Being actually home in Morocco for the FTA was actually one of the most fitting time.” Ahead, Hammam shows Style exactly how she invested the time in Marrakech– coming from meeting FTA Honors nominees and also being in the glam office chair to taking the stage at the event.