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“It’s important for me to not forget my roots because that is my core,” said avant-garde fashion designer Furne One Amato.
“My foundation of being a designer started when I was a kid and my influences are from my experiences from childhood – the place where I grew up, the things that I did, my friends, the everyday hustle and bustle of life, traveling, new people. These are my inspirations when I design. It’s all about life.”
Born in Cebu City, Philippines, Furne fondly described his birthplace as “rich with cultural influences as well as cultural innovations. Cebu is a melting pot of culture – from the Spanish colonization to modern globalization.”
It is from this rich cultural heritage which is known for its vibrant natural resources, colorful festivities, and women who dressed up for society parties that the young Furne developed his love for unique and elaborately detailed creations. And he has not forgotten his roots as he uses indigenous materials for his collections. “In fact, my last collection, shown at the annual Dubai Fashion Forward called ‘Revelation through Concealment,’ featured some of the Philippines’ local fabrics such as abaca, local jute, and piña,” he disclosed.
Now based in Dubai, Furne has meshed the various cultures that he is exposed to, paving the
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People: Tejal Patni
With vivid imagination and a unique vision of beauty and future, Dubai based photographer and director Tejal Patni is on his way to join the elite league of the best fashion photographers in the world.
Tejal was born and brought up in India and moved to Dubai in the 1980s. He graduated from Sir JJ School of Applied Arts in Mumbai, and later studied filmmaking at the London Film Academy. Over the years, he has worked with some of the biggest fashion brands across the world including Harvey Nichols, Bloomingdale’s, Caprese, and magazines like GQ, Grazia, Harper’s Bazaar, etc. The annual calendar he creates for the Middle East’s premium fashion brand Splash has been highly instrumental in getting him a much deserved wider recognition. And that’s not surprising at all because his sharp instincts, his inspirations and his unique vision – all come together on the stage of Splash calendar every year to give a spellbinding performance.
Over a few emails and a phone call, we have a conversation with the man himself about his work and life. Read on:
Tell us something about your childhood. Where did you grow up?
Our family is originally from Kutch district in Gujarat. My father and mother moved to Bombay after they got married. I