10 Lebanese fashion designers whose gowns dazzle the world.

Their designs steal the limelight at red carpet events every time!

Elie Saab

Elie Saab is, without a doubt, one of the world’s greatest fashion designers. He is a regular in international fashion shows and has many boutiques spread across Europe, North America and in the Middle East! Elie Saab’s gowns steal the limelight on every red carpet! Forbes named him the best fashion designer from the Middle East! We are not surprised at all!

Zuhair Murad

Zuhair Murad, Beirut & Paris based Lebanese fashion designer. From an innovative mix of Eastern suggestions and a European sensibility for cuts and sartorial styling, to a more modern style reflecting old civilizations and bringing to present goddesses from the past, this is the unique style of Zuhair Murad.

Steven Khalil

Steven Khalil is a Lebanese-Australian bridal and Ted carpet fashion designer, known for his bridal and red carpet gowns. Khalil launched his own fashion brand in 2003, ‘Steven Khalil’, and has since gained popularity. His designs have been worn by many Australian and International celebrities such as Samantha Jade, Giuliana Rancic, Dannii Minogue, Ariel Winter, Jessica Mauboy, Paula Abdul, Kylie Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Preston, Emily Ratajkowski, Carrie Underwood, Princess Olympia of Greece, Georgia Fowler and Jesinta Campbell.

Georges Hobeika

Georges Hobeika is a Lebanese fashion designer of haute couture and ready-to-wear clothing. Hobeika officially opened his atelier in Beirut, Lebanon 1995, and has been presenting his collections in Paris, during the city’s official fashionweeks, for over a decade. Hobeika is officially recognized by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.

Reem Acra

Reem Acra is a fashion designer born in Beirut, Lebanon, known for her eponymous bridal gown line and her ready-to-wear collection. After her studies at ESMOD in Paris, Acra took mainstream fashion design positions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. At the age of 25 she was overseeing a $30 million project, but left after seven years to start her own line in New York.

Tony Ward

Tony Ward, born in Beirut, Lebanon, is a Lebanese-Italian fashion designer, whose creations are present in over 60 stores across the world.At the age of 18, he enrolled in the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la couture Parisienne in Paris, He worked for seven years with Claude Montana at Lanvin, with Gianfranco Ferré at Dior, then with Karl Lagerfeld at chloé where he learned the secrets of Haute Couture techniques up to the highest standards before he launched his own brand Tony Ward Couture.

Ziad Nakad

Ziad Nakad is a Lebanese fashion designer who creates the world’s most beautiful gowns. He is famous for large sleeves, asymmetric styles and slit skirts. Since his young years, he was attracted by eccentric fabrics, sheer embroideries and unconventional beadings which married his designs back then especially sketched for his family to wear.

Georges Chakra

Georges Chakra is a Beirut based Lebanese haute couture fashion designer. Georges Chakra first established his brand in 1985, and he’s been showing his couture collections at Paris Fashion Week since the mid-1990s. Georges Chakra always tries to respect the silhouette of the model, and his goad is to let it be seductive and self-confident, yet, also, innocent, highlighted by bright beautiful strong colors. In other words, to show the complexity of the feminine nature.

Rami Kadi

Rami Kadi, a Lebanese fashion designer, creative mind rapidly gaining international recognition. At an early age he started paving his professional designer career, with the launch of his own showroom and opening of his first atelier in the heart of Beirut. A place for him to present his Couture creations and to craft unique pieces attracting a wide range of international clientele including royalty.

Jean-Louis Sabaji

Born into fashion, Jean Louis Sabaji was destined to follow the same path his family had followed. Jean Louis’ family owned a fashion house, which meant he was surrounded by design. From an early age you could find him playing around with the different fabrics, textiles and sewing machines. “I was always into art and I knew I was going to end up with a career in a creative field”. It wasn’t until his love for fabrics and colors started emerging that he realized his true passion was in design and designing women’s clothing.

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