KUALA LUMPUR—The Islamic Fashion Festival, which made its debut five years ago, is coming back this year in Malaysia with a four-day show from November 24-27.

The event will showcase 44 designers from five countries, including Jun Escario from the Philippines.

Among the Malaysian designers taking part in the festival are Bernard Chandran, Tom Abang Saufi, Melinda Looi, Michael Ong, Khoon Hooi and Albert King.

Aside from Escario, other foreign designers participating in the fashion fest are Samuel Wattimena, Ghea Panggabean, Sebastian Gunawan and Biyan from Indonesia, Rajesh and Anirban from India and Deepak Perwani from Pakistan.

The fashion extravaganza at the J.W. Marriot Hotel in Kuala Lumpur will showcase designs that adhere to the Muslim dress code.

“In the past the festival was only opened to invited guests. This year we want the public to be able to take part as well,” said founder and chairman of the Islamic Fashion Festival Datuk Raja Rezza Shah.

Raja Rezza said in the past, he received a lot of queries on what constituted proper Muslim dressing. To address this problem, he has decided to hold the ‘Islamic Attire Workshop’ on November 22 when top Muslim speakers would be able to answer such queries.

Some of the interesting themes that will be held are ‘‘Interpre-tations”, “Aroosah-Islamic Bridal”, “Enchanting Gamelan”, “Bolly-wood Flavour” and “Ethnic and Glamour”.

Young fashion designers meanwhile will have a chance to shine at the Anugerah Pereka Muda IFF (IFF Young Designers Award) on November 26.

The final leg of the fashion festival will be an Islamic Fashion Bazaar that is open to the public at the KL Plaza from November 28 till December 4.

For enquiries log on to www.islamicfashionfestival.com. The Star-ANN