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What Your Handbag Really Reveals About Your Personality

Bélinda Ibrahim, 19/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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 ...

Fashion’s Glass Runway: Women Designers Missing from Top Roles in SS26

This is Beirut, 17/10 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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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 ...

Hermès’ Designer Veronique Nichanian to Step Down after 37 Years

This is Beirut, 17/10 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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 ...

Executive Close to Giorgio Armani Named CEO as Fashion House Enters New Era

This is Beirut, 17/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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 ...

From Waste to Runway: Kenyan Designers Transform Used Clothes Into Art

This is Beirut, 13/10 17:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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 ...

Bornstars Shines at #1

Lea Mehanna, 11/10 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon Culture Arts Movies Cinema Fashion

A fearless take on Lebanese reality, full of humor, truth, and edge. BornStars is now officially #1 at the Lebanese box office—a win for local cinema, directed by Caroline Labaki and produced by Chady Elie Mattar.

A Symphony of Style: Lebanese Creativity Captivates the Paris Runways

Marie-Christine Tayah, 09/10 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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This season, Paris once again moved to the rhythm of fashion. From September 27 to October 7, the city dressed in its finest attire to welcome Fashion Week, dedicated to the Women’s Ready-to-Wear Spring–Summer 2026 collections. On the official calendar, Lebanese designers once more carried high the banner of the Land of the Cedars on the ...

Netflix Docuseries: Inside Victoria Beckham’s Journey from Spice Girl to Fashion Mogul

This is Beirut, 09/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ex-Spice Girl turned designer Victoria Beckham describes herself as someone who "desperately wanted to be liked" in a new three-part documentary about her life. In the Netflix series due to launch on Thursday, the 51-year-old once known as "Posh Spice" recounts her battle to reinvent herself as a fashion designer after the British girl band ...

Return To Elegance: Highlights from Paris Fashion Week

This is Beirut, 08/10 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A historic Paris Fashion Week has wrapped up after 10 days of Spring-Summer 2026 womenswear shows, featuring many new faces and hailed by critics as marking a "return to elegance". AFP looks back on the key moments: Global Makeover After a momentous Milan Fashion Week, marked by the absence of the late Giorgio Armani and new creative directors ...

Matthieu Blazy Launches Chanel’s New Era With Starry Paris Debut

This is Beirut, 07/10 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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New Chanel designer Matthieu Blazy unveiled his first sumptuous collection on Monday in front of a crowd of admirers and stars sitting beneath giant glowing planets during Paris Fashion Week. Ahead of the most anticipated show of the season, some had wondered how much the 41-year-old would dare change the classic designs of the French ...

Paris Fans Turn Fashion Shows Into Sports-Style Events

This is Beirut, 05/10 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A giant screen, lots of cheering and applause: the scene inside La Caserne venue in trendy northeast Paris might feel like a sports bar. But the crowd there was watching live fashion, not football. With Paris Fashion Week in full swing, a well-heeled group of mostly 20-somethings has been gathering every day near the Gare du Nord train station ...

Duran Lantink, the Bold Designer Taking Over Gaultier

This is Beirut, 04/10 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Could Duran Lantink become fashion’s next great provocateur? The 37-year-old Dutch designer, celebrated for his fearless creativity, unveils his first Jean Paul Gaultier collection this Sunday in Paris. Appointed creative director of the couture house last April, he is the first permanent successor to Jean Paul Gaultier, who retired from ...

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