Fashion designers are
stitching their destiny

TRTWORLD

Braving the storm of violence and economic downturn, Lebanese clothing brands are switching to local production to turn the industry on its head.
Maurice Kozeily opens the door to his second-floor apartment in Kaslik, Lebanon, a 25-minute drive north of Beirut, wearing an intricately designed dishdasha, a long traditional cloak worn in the Arab world since Biblical times.

But unlike Jesus’s dishdasha, Maurice’s is stitched with bright red designs on expensive-looking woven fabrics. Excitedly, he explains that he made it himself. FULL STORY