DUBAI: Lebanese influencer Lana El-Sahely will be in France this week to attend a bevy of shows at Paris Couture Week, which kicked off on Monday.
The style star admitted that she failed to make it to the first day of couture week, due to her flight being cancelled, but promised that she would give her followers a “beautiful ride” as the event goes on.
She took to Instagram earlier in the week to ask her 265,000 followers what they would like to see on her account.
“Dreamy couture week is calling. Sunday with the family and hop (on a plane). What do you want to see more of? The shows, the trending pieces, the Parisian lifestyle, the parties? Help,” she posted on Instagram, alongside a photo of her in a red-and-pink outfit by Lebanon-based designer Krikor Jabotian.
Similar striking looks will no doubt go on show at Paris Couture Week, with four Arab fashion labels taking part in the elite event.
Maison Rabih Kayrouz, Georges Hobeika, Elie Saab and Zuhair Murad have all been invited to showcase their collections in Paris and are part of a high-end group of just 31 labels to take part in January’s showcase.
The Lebanese labels will be joined by the likes of Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier and Ralph & Russo at Paris Couture Week, which ends on Jan. 24.
It is a particularly memorable year for Lebanese fashion house Maison Rabih Kayrouz, which will show off its collection on Monday, as the label was just granted haute couture status by the French Couture Federation.
The decision to grant the fashion house the prestigious position was made at a Dec. 3 meeting between the French Couture Federation and France’s Industry Ministry, although the announcement was made last week.
Maison Rabih Kayrouz was elected as a guest member of the haute couture calendar in 2016 — guest members can take part in the couture week showcases but cannot use the label “haute couture” — but managed to nab the official label at the end of 2018.
Other iconic fashion houses to be hold the haute couture tag include Givenchy, Chanel and Maison Margiela.
For her part, El-Sahely is in Paris after a dizzying few weeks — she spent a whirlwind 24 hours in Geneva last week as luxury watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen launched a new range at a glamorous bash in the Swiss city.
The stylish influencer turned heads at the event in a gorgeous, moss-green velvet gown by Elie Saab, which she paired with quirky Dior earrings and a tight up-do.
We have no doubt that the fashion star will pull out all the style stops as Paris Couture Week continues.
