The hip designers reshaping Lebanon's fashion scene

CNN

It may have been on the global radar for over a decade, but Lebanon's fashion scene is having another moment.

The country first stole international style headlines when designers like Elie Saab, Zuhair Murad, Reem Acra and Rabih Kayrouz began making couture gowns for Hollywood celebs.

When Halle Berry won an Oscar in 2002, it was Saab's famously sheer maroon number that distracted us from her teary acceptance speech.

But while the couture industry in Lebanon boomed, the more accessible ready-to-wear industry largely stagnated.

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