LAU’s Fashion Design Graduates Send Sparks of Hope All Around

LAU’s Fashion Design Graduates Send Sparks of Hope All Around

NNA - LAU’s School of Architecture and Design’s sixth cohort of fashion designers put on an eclectic show that combines craftsmanship, innovation and vision.

The act of coming together to create new opportunities, just like a flame first ignites, is perhaps the most accurate description of how LAU’s sixth cohort of fashion design graduates chose to prevail, following three years of economic, political and health uncertainties.

Their graduate fashion show, fittingly named Ignite, filled the audience with a sense of possibility, and defiance through creativity. Presenting five looks each, the students delved into themes of identity, belonging, timelessness, strengths, fears and humor, among others.

Welcoming attendees to the “newest jewel of the Beirut campus crown” – the Gezairi Building – LAU President Michel E. Mawad named the many differentiators that set LAU apart, one of which being the close collaboration with Elie Saab.

“The LAU fashion design program is a statement on the part of Mr. Saab and the university: It speaks to their joint resolution to support and foster talent, their common pursuit of excellence and their shared commitment to Lebanon as a land of beauty and expertise working together to establish global visibility, brand recognition and universal attraction,” said Dr. Mawad.

CEO Elie Saab Jr. told the