Bélinda Ibrahim, 16/11 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lady Dior Bag Lady Diana Fashion Iconic Culture
In September 1995, the destiny of an accessory was forever transformed during an official visit by Princess Diana to Paris. Invited to the Cézanne exhibition at the Grand Palais, the princess received a Dior bag from Bernadette Chirac, then France’s first lady. This understated object, still unnamed, was soon destined for legend, born from the ...
This is Beirut, 06/11 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion Balmain Olivier Rousteing France Culture
Star designer Olivier Rousteing announced Wednesday he was quitting as artistic director of French fashion house Balmain after 14 years in which he revolutionized the luxury group. Rousteing was the first Black designer to lead a major Paris fashion house and is credited with helping make luxury fashion more accessible, recruiting Kim Kardashian ...
This is Beirut, 04/11 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Exhibition Fashion Queen Elizabeth II Buckingham Palace Britain Culture
Buckingham Palace will next year host an unprecedented exhibition highlighting the fashion legacy left by the late Queen Elizabeth II during her 70-year reign. "The wardrobe of her late majesty is a snapshot of a very long life, a life of duty, and in so many ways it's a time capsule," said UK designer Erdem Moralioglu. "It captures a very ...
This is Beirut, 03/11 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Fashion Designer Marina Yee Culture Art
Belgian fashion designer Marina Yee, a founding member of the Antwerp Six who revolutionized fashion in the 1980s, has died at the age of 67, the Antwerp Fashion Museum announced Sunday. “Her name is inseparable from the legendary Antwerp Six, who put Belgian fashion on the world stage,” the museum stated. In 1986, six young Flemish ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 02/11 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bags Fashion Culture Fashion Week Designers Open-Top
Just a few seasons ago, no one would have predicted the resurgence of open-top bags. For years, luxury equated elegance with security. Clasps, flaps, discreet zippers, and golden locks were the reassuring hallmarks of high-end handbags. Yet from Paris to Milan and even Copenhagen, a bold new proposition has taken over the runways: the open-top ...
This is Beirut, 31/10 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion Lagos Heritage Runway Adire Nigeria Culture
Models strutted down the runway, their beaded and sequined dresses evoking the traditional facial scarring still done in some parts of Nigeria. Others donned outfits paying homage to adire, a traditional Yoruba indigo fabric long prized for its craftsmanship. Kanyinsola Onalaja's show kicked off Lagos Fashion Week in style, in what has been a ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 25/10 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Les Mains de Mamie Fashion Culture Grandmas Haute Couture
At first glance, Catherine’s flat in Saint-Étienne looks like any other French retiree’s home. Balls of yarn are scattered on the armchair, patterns are scribbled on scraps of paper, an old measuring tape lies nearby, and the television murmurs in the background. But for the past three years, her hands have been knitting for more than just ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 19/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Handbags Fashion Personality Culture Women
A handbag is almost an extension of oneself. You choose it in the morning, carry it everywhere and rarely forget it. Yet few women consider how they actually wear it, though that simple gesture can say a lot. Between practicality, a need for security, a touch of vanity or a desire for freedom, our bags reveal not only our little habits but also ...
This is Beirut, 17/10 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Fashion Women Lead designers France Italy Culture
In fashion at the moment, as seen on catwalks: frills, corsets, big shoulder pads, and "naked dresses". Out of fashion: employing women as chief designers. In the most recent Spring-Summer 2026 womenswear Fashion Weeks in Paris and Milan, the effects of a huge reshuffle at the top of the European luxury clothing industry were plain to see. From ...
This is Beirut, 17/10 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Hermès Mode Art Fashion
Hermes chief menswear designer Veronique Nichanian is to step down after 37 years in charge and will present her final show for the luxury house in January, the company announced on Friday. Hermes announced the change "with heartfelt emotion", paying tribute to Nichanian's "eye, her vision, her generosity, her energy and her curiosity" in a press ...
This is Beirut, 17/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fashion Luxury Armani Italy Culture
The Armani Group on Thursday named a senior manager who worked alongside Giorgio Armani to take over as chief executive of the luxury empire following the designer's death. Giuseppe Marsocci, 61, joined the group in 2003 and spent over a decade in the New York office. For the past six years he had been reporting directly to Armani as deputy ...
This is Beirut, 13/10 17:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Fashion Recycling Designers Kenya Culture
In a dusty alley in the heart of Kenya's largest open-air market, fashion models strut down a makeshift runway in bold, upcycled outfits made from waste collected at dumpsites and market cast-offs, proof that even trash can dazzle. Every year, thousands of tons of used clothes from Europe, the United States, and beyond make their way to ...