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Dresses Flutter On Drones In Saudi Fashion Show, But Critics Aren't Buying It

The organizer says the novel approach was a way to celebrate fashion while keeping to Ramadan sensibilities.
A drone flies a dress at a fashion show held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as seen in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip6Wi6nrpuI">BBC Arabic </a>report.

A fashion show in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that used drones to walk clothes down a runway has been ripped apart by Arab fashion elites and critics who compared the dresses to ghosts and dementors.

Ali Nabil Akbar tells he thought showing the dresses via drone during the Saturday show at Hilton Hotel was "suitable for

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