Rita Nicolas

CEO & Founder

Designers Collective Institute

Rita Nicolas is a well-known leading woman in the Interior & Fashion Design industry. She was awarded recently the “Most Fashionable Public Figure of UAE”. She is a happy and full of life architect and designer. She was raised in Beirut Lebanon where she attended the USEK University in Kaslik and acquired her 5y degree of “Architecte d’interieur”. She was handpicked by her professors during her studies for her designing creativity and exquisite mastery of color mixing. She was imprinted by the culture and history richness of her home country.  Rita has 28 years expertise in teachings. She participated as an architect and designer in many local and international projects, exhibitions, and fashion shows. She ran workshops, ateliers and fashion shows in Dubai, Lebanon, France, Italy, Georgia, and Morocco. Many participants of her courses went on to develop their own fashion lines and boutiques.  She recently ran a workshop for the hosts of Arab Orient TV.   Summary of her achievements. Founder and CEO of Designers Collective Institute at DMCC. Founder of Designers Magazine and club for women empowerment and leaders in business. The fashion director for Bellissimo Fashion Show and Event. Fashion Ambassador of FWKG. An influential leader for Arabic women fashion empowerment at Cardif Sharjah. Winner of Maestro Fashion illustration in 2018. Organized the Bloom Fashion show from 2005 – 2022. Organized and presented the Dubai International Fashion week 2017. Organized and presented the International Cultural show in Agadir Morocco 2018. Council and panel speaker at G.world for Mangement. A main panel for Runway Dubai and Dubai International Fashion week.   Rita speaks Arabic, English and French. She hopes to be an inspiration to many people in this field.