WORK & PLAY

Founder & Creative Director of Romani, Haya Jarrar creates unconventional pieces with a touch of the rebellious. Is she on our guestlist? Absolutely.

- AMY SESSIONS

What do your first 30 mins of the day look like, your morning routine? I check my emails the minute I wake up and respond to all of them before getting out of bed. Then I begin my morning skincare routine and have breakfast before I hit the gym.

Do you feel more drawn to the creative or the business side? Definitely the creative side. I didn’t even know what an income statement is until I started Romani.

How did you know it was the right time to launch your own brand and what were the stepping-stones to that point? You know in life, there’s never really the ‘right time’. It’s always been my dream to start my own label, so I just went for it. Studying fashion design in university and working in the industry after graduating helped me gain experience and insight which I used to start my own brand with my own identity.