About THE DESIGNER
 

Omani Omari is a luxury brand started by designer Khalida Ali. A young designer from New York. Khalida comes from a Sudanese/Vincentian background, which is heavily influenced by her beautiful designs. At the early age of 8, Khalida started sketching designs while living in Sudan. By the time she was 10, she would sneak out of her house with her clothes and make friends with the local seamstress to recreate a whole new outfit in which she designed. Years would go by and Khalida would then return to the United States. At the age of 13, she then lost her portfolio sketchbook and gave up designing for a while. In 2015, Khalida’s mom bought her first sewing machine, which inspired her to start her fashion designing journey all over again. Khalida would then becoming familiar with her sewing machine from watching multiple YouTube DIY videos. Khalida would go on to design birthday outfits for her family and friends. In 2017 she then started a tester brand named Khali Lane. Khalida would do the makeup, hair, take pictures, and make the clothes all in one. That would be the start of her multi-talented creations. After taking a break for a year she then started back by designing durags in late 2017, which was a big part of her culture living in New York. While running her durag company, Khalida wanted to put a pause on clothes until she had better direction and knowledge on exactly what she wanted to do about her fashion designing journey. Fast forward to 2019 while having time to herself she then thought of creating A luxury brand because she felt more confident in her craft. After months of planning and months of designing, she then created Omani Omari her first luxury clothing brand.