New Dubai label with a nomad appeal

A new fashion label that’s just launched in Dubai wants to appeal to the wanderer in you.

House of Nomad, founded by Emirati entrepreneur and fine arts graduate Saleh Al Bana and his business partner Ahmad Al Sayed, a fashion design student, is already creating quite a buzz on social media and among the city’s fashion set with its funky use of Arabic calligraphy and a single tone colour palette for the entire first collection. Almost entirely rendered in pale nude, the collection, features everything from gowns and skirts for women and bomber jackets and drop-crotch pants for men.

Al Bana, 30, and Al Sayed 25, came together to pursue their mutual love of fashion with a cultural twist. They have, in the process, given the UAE’s home grown fashion industry a nice little boost we can be proud of. The Directory got the pair to tell us, in their own words, their story, and what they’ve planned for their journey ahead.