The Saudi Fashion Commission has confirmed that Riyadh Fashion Week (RFW) will return to the capital from 16 to 21 October 2025, staging its Fall/Winter collections across six days of runways, showrooms and business matchmaking. The official website went live with the dates and an open-call portal for designers, while a flurry of social-media teasers urged buyers to “block their calendars now.”
RFW launched in 2023 and doubled down in 2024, drawing 30 Saudi labels to catwalks set inside Tuwaiq Palace, Digital City and the JAX District—venues that married desert brutalism with high-tech gloss. The sophomore outing put names such as Adnan Akbar, Honayda and Tima Abid.
Organisers are keeping the final schedule under wraps, but the open call hints at a broader brief including couture, evening-wear, streetwear and accessories will all share the spotlight, with designers encouraged to pitch sustainability credentials and heritage craft. Industry chatter suggests the three landmark venues will return, giving guests a city-wide circuit that moves from Tuwaiq’s sunset terrace to JAX’s warehouse cool. International labels eyeing Gulf expansion are also expected to appear, after RFW made Fashion Week Online’s “must-attend” list for October 2025.
Saudi Arabia’s fashion market is forecast to top US $32 billion by 2025, and RFW functions as both runway and trade fair as the Saudi 100 Brands showroom runs alongside the catwalks, seminars pair emerging designers with global buyers and manufacturers. For luxury houses, the week offers a direct line to a young, high-spending consumer base; for local talent, it is a springboard onto the Paris-Milan-New York circuit.
Invitations drop in early September, but hotels across the capital are already loading fashion-week packages, and Saudia has hinted at discounted fares for GCC travellers. If the 2023 and 2024 editions proved anything, it’s that Riyadh knows how to scale fast.
