The Harvey Nichols Dubai spring/summer 2016 show definitely had a touch of the bard about it from the William Shakespeare winking invite to the grandiose runway setting at Zabeel Saray and the scribe who wrote famous Shakespeare quotes with his . The show transported you to a world where fashion met art – to be or not to be fashionable, that was the key question.

For the attending guests the answer was a resounding yes with them well and truly proving why the UAE needs to be taken seriously when it comes to the style stakes. In fact, so impressive was the sartorial displays that this round up of the best dressed was not easy to decide. Scroll through and see if you made the shortlist…

Images: Farooq Salik