Five days in December, and two halls rather than one. Villa Uno 2026 runs from 22 to 26 December across the Arena hall and the Grand Hyatt hall together, with five hundred designers taking part, local and international.
What is on show
Clothing, perfume, jewellery, accessories and homeware. Which makes it a full shopping fair rather than a fashion show.
The hours
Ten in the morning to ten at night, across all five days.
Fifteen years old
The organisers say the fair has been running for more than fifteen years, and that it has established itself as a platform supporting emerging talent and small business owners, connecting their work to international retail and to an audience interested in Eastern fashion.
That point explains why it matters to people who are not shopping: anyone with a small clothing or perfume venture will find this is the kind of fair where a first stand goes.
What the page does not say
The entry fee. The fair’s page on the Arena site gives the venue, the hours and the number of exhibitors, and says nothing about whether entry is free or ticketed. That is the second time this has come up on the Arena calendar, after Qerat.
Enquiries
The site is villauno.com.kw. And remember that the Arena says tickets to its events are sold only through its own site or its counter at 360 Mall.
Photo: an interior design showroom. By Muffet, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr.
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