AVAILABLE NOW: TRENCH BISHT & REVERSIBLE ROBE

NEW BADAWĪ'S STAPLE COLLECTION IS A GROUP OF RELIABLE, VERSATILE DESIGNS CREATED TO BE PART OF YOUR WARDROBE. THESE ESSENTIAL DESIGNS CAPTURE THE CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY THE GULF, BY USE OF THE ROYAL BISHT CUT, CARRYING THE ESSENCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A NOMAD.

THE WORD 'BISHT' IS BELIEVED TO HAVE A ROOT MEANING 'NOBILITY' AND 'DIGNITY'. THOUGH THE DIRECT ORIGINS OF THIS CUT IS UNKNOWN, IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE GULF BY NOMADS IN THE LEVANT REGION. NOW, THE BISHT CUT IN THE REGION IS CONNECTED TO THE ROYAL FAMILY, GRANDEUR AND IMPORTANT OCCASIONS.

THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE BISHT WORN BY NOMADS WAS CREATED IN A VARIETY OF MATERIALS AND INTENDED TO PROTECT THE WEARER FROM RAIN AND THE DESERT'S DUST, WHILST MAINTAINING A SHAPE WHICH SIMULTANEOUSLY PROVIDES AMPLE SPACE AND COVERAGE. 

AT NEW BADAWĪ, WE AIM TO ENCOMPASS THE REGALITY THAT COMES WITH THIS CUT WHILST KEEPING THE VERSATILITY OF WEAR THROUGH THE SEASONS AND SUITABILITY FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. OUR INTENTION TO BECOME A FASHION BRAND ENCOMPASSING NOMAD LIFE: CULTURES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, TRAVELLING THROUGH CONTINENTS AND SELECTING CERTAIN ELEMENTS THROUGH THE JOURNEYS, IS CAPTURED STRONGLY BY THIS COLLECTION.
THE COLLECTION WHERE IT STARTS, BASED ON THE ATTIRE OF BEDOUINS THROUGH TIME.