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The Big ReadFashion

Fashion's Autumn Answer to a Decade of Beige Is Everything at Once

Tartan, tuxedos, trains, brocade and thigh high boots all landed in the same season. After years of quiet luxury, the autumn runways went loud on purpose.

Aug 4, 2026/4 min read

The Diary

  1. 30 Aug – 11 DecOn now

    Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Dubai

    The Gulf Exhibition Season Starts in Two Weeks and Runs to December

    Riyadh opens at the end of August, Abu Dhabi takes November, Dubai takes the rest. Four shows account for most of the region's commercial calendar between now and the new year.

  2. 1 Sep – 12 OctOn now

    Europe and Saudi Arabia

    Europe Shuts Its Transfer Window on 1 September. Saudi Arabia Keeps Buying Until October

    The Premier League, La Liga and Serie A close on 1 September. The Saudi Pro League stays open until 12 October. Those six weeks are the most important structural fact in this transfer market.

  3. 4 Sep – 23 MayOn now

    England

    The Women's Super League Adds Two Clubs and Finds Out What Expansion Costs

    Fourteen teams instead of twelve, a season running from 4 September to 23 May, and twenty-six league games where there were twenty-two. Growing a league is easier than filling it.

  4. 2–5 NovIn 5 weeks

    Abu Dhabi

    ADIPEC Still Runs on Oil, Whatever the Programme Says

    Abu Dhabi's energy week arrives on 2 November with hydrogen and carbon capture across the agenda and hydrocarbons across the balance sheets. Both things are true at once.

  5. 23–26 NovIn 8 weeks

    Dubai World Trade Centre

    Big 5 Global Is Where Next Year's Buildings Get Specified

    Twenty-seven hundred exhibitors at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 23 November, and three co-located shows that have quietly turned a construction fair into an urban development event.

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