Tania Fares
{{short description|Lebanese fashion writer and philanthropist}}
Tania Fares is a Lebanese fashion writer based in London with homes in Lebanon and Los Angeles, United States. In 2011, she founded and co-chaired, with Sian Westerman, the BFC Fashion Trust, a charity supported by the British Fashion Council. In 2018, she co-founded [https://www.fashiontrustarabia.com Fashion Trust Arabia] with her co-chair, Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, which supports fashion designers in the MENA region.{{cite news |date=March 30, 2019 |title=Lebanese designers dominate inaugural Fashion Trust Arabia Prize |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/fashion-trust-arabia/index.html |access-date=8 October 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Mower |first1=Sarah |date=April 1, 2019 |title=Fashion Trust Arabia Spotlights the Visionary Fashion Voices of the Middle East and North Africa |work=Vogue |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/fashion-trust-arabia-krikor-jabotian |access-date=8 October 2022}} In 2021, she became a co-chair of the [https://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/bfcnews/4523/BFC-CHARITY-APPOINTS-CO-CHAIRS-TO-HELP-MEET-TARGET-OF-2000000-TO-SUPPORT-BRITISH-CREATIVE-TALENT BFC Foundation] alongside Narmina Marandi.{{cite news |last1=Theodosi |first1=Natalie |title=British Fashion Council Foundation Brings On Co-chairs, Ramps Up Fundraising |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/british-fashion-council-foundation-brings-on-co-chairs-ramps-up-fundraising-1234812083/ |access-date=9 October 2022 |work=WWD |date=April 29, 2021}} In 2022, Tania co-founded [https://www.fashiontrustus.com Fashion Trust U.S]. alongside Laura Brown, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-crawford-ba694b2 Anne Crawford], Tan France, [https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/samira-nasr Samira Nasr] and [http://www.karlawelch.com/about Karla Welch].{{cite news |last1=Lockwood |first1=Lisa |title=The Fashion Trust U.S. Assembles Board of Directors |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/markets/the-fashion-trust-u-s-assembles-board-of-directors-1235091910/ |access-date=9 October 2022 |work=WWD |date=February 24, 2022}}
Early life
Fares was born in Lebanon but grew up in Paris, where an uncle introduced her to the city's art and museums. She held an internship with Pierre Cardin.
Writing
Fares is a frequent contributor to British Vogue.
She and Sarah Mower co-authored London Uprising: Fifty Fashion Designers, One City (Phaidon, 2017: {{ISBN|978-0714873350}}).
She and Krista Smith co-authored Fashion in LA (Phaidon 2019: {{ISBN|978-0714879246}}).
Personal life
Fares resides in Los Angeles, Beirut, Paris, and London.{{cite news |last1=Spellings |first1=Sarah |title=An Ultimate Fashion Insider Explains Her Taste |url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/01/tastemakers-fashion-trust-founder-tania-fares.html |access-date=8 October 2022 |work=The Cut |date=January 27, 2020}} In Lebanon, she lives in a home in the mountains above Beirut, designed by Nabil Gholam.
References
External links
- {{cite web |title=About Fashion Trust Arabia |url=https://fashiontrustarabia.com/about/about-fashion-trust-arabia |publisher=Fashion Trust Arabia |accessdate=13 March 2020}}
- {{cite web |title=BFC Fashion Trust |url=https://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/business-support-awards/BFC-Fashion-Trust |publisher=British Fashion Council |accessdate=12 March 2020}}
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Category:21st-century Lebanese businesspeople
Category:21st-century Lebanese businesswomen
Category:Lebanese women journalists
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