merci people :)

well i thought the best way to start this blog was to actually thank all those people who've helped my new fashion brand "toksic" come to life.. (check out my website www.toksicdress.com). i think this is just a formal way of telling you all that i owe you bigtime (okay.. thats an overstatement.. hmm.. a cup of coffee maybe? lol.. but don't quote me on that!) :)

first of all i'd like to thank my mum of course for literally makin the "toksic" items "come to life" (for those of u who don't know it, my mum's actually the one who sawed/stitched the clothes. she made my designs come to life! :) and i helped a bit of course ;) lol; my dad of course for his encouragement to start my own thing (and lil bit of money too lol); my brother rami for proving to me that yes u can start ur own thing at an early stage of ur life if u put ur mind to it (he owns oxygen productions; official partner of white, beirut); alistair jameson for his patience! and extreme knowledge (mashallah ;) ) with html and all that linking stuff for actually placin my website on the net; diana hawatmeh for her encouragement and support from the start and her help in coming up with names and logos for my brand; amaal mostafa for deciding to start something else (design-related) with me soon as she loved my work and thought that we could do some great work together someday (more on that soon inshallah) which in turn lifted my spirits of course :) ; melissa bayik for spreading the word about my website which resulted in a friend (whom i haven't told about my site yet) knowing about it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from mel and in only a few hours! lol.. girls and gossip :) ; ahmed gamal for his thoughts and ideas from the start about brand names, exhibiting styles, etc; rhoda azizoghly for gettin really excited about my new brand - all the way from canada - and screaming excitedly in my ear when she first logged onto my website (miss u girl); samer issa for offering to put my website on the net using his expertise in flash ;) lol; raghda tantawi (in advance) for setting me up with a few exhibiting spots at hotels ;) ; nihal akmal for helping me come up with the tagline "dress to kill"; soha abdullah for makin me feel so good about myself when she asks me to join her shopping to give her tips and advice on styling; sara abdullah for her enthusiasm and for always being there to help out in any way possible by just makin phone calls to the right people ;) lol; and finally, last but not least, aisha al qasimi for suggesting places to sell my stuff at (despite the fact that she told me once about this place, (somewhere in burdubai) where i had to park miles away (cos of traffic of course), and ended up walkin (across a huuuge rounadabout too!) for at least 10 mins in the scorching sun, while i was fasting and thirsty as hell, only to find out that the place had shut down completely!! lol.

well i hope i didn't miss out anyone. if i did i'm so sorry but anyway a big thank u goes out to all my friends.. really.. (sorry for bein a lil cheesy lol).. but hey, i love u all!! ;)