“I will tell you that the collections that you see here are inspired by Arabia, but they are made for the world. That is the magic that the Saudi Fashion Commission has brought by bringing the collections to New York, the heart of the fashion world. Creativity is not born in one country. Culture is not defined by a border. And what you’re about to see is a symbol that has nothing to do with politics, that has nothing to do with governments, but has everything to do with the human spirit.” 

–Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, the Saudi ambassador to the US, Saudi 100 Brands exhibition celebrates kingdom’s emerging designers in New York  [The National]