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Saudi Fashion Commission Highlights Camel’s Role in Contemporary Fashion

The Saudi Fashion Commission has shed light on the cultural and economic value of camel products in contemporary fashion as part of the “Fashion Future” initiative, which coincides with the International Year of the Camelids 2024.

Camels were a primary means of transportation across vast distances offering a good company to combat the isolation of long journeys. This long companionship has inspired poets and writers to document the camel’s unwavering loyalty to humans through tales, poems and proverbs. Today the camels remain one of the basic elements of Saudi Arabia’s history and civilization.

At the end of 2023, the Saudi Cabinet officially named the year 2024 ‘the Year of the Camel’, celebrating the unique cultural value of camels in the Arabian Peninsula from the dawn of history up to the present day.

Saudi Fashion Commission Highlights Camel's Role in Contemporary Fashion
Saudi Fashion Commission Highlights Camel’s Role in Contemporary Fashion

Titled “Camel … Contemporary Fashion,” the commission‘s research paper highlighted three significant topics, as follows:

  • The role of camel products in fashion
  • The use of camel leather and hair in the industry
  • The global future of the sector

The research explains that the Arabian camel makes up 94% of the global camel population of 42 million. It also stated that Saudi Arabia has the fifth-largest camel population globally, estimated at 2 million.

Camel leather could contribute to the Saudi economy with up to $98.7 million in revenue annually, and based on the current Saudi camel population, 2,800 tons of camel hair could be produced annually, worth $2 million.

 

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