Fairuz's wedding dress by Madame Salha. (Rights reserved)
Three genius creators have won Fairuz’s trust to design pieces for her, brilliantly striking the difficult balance between stage and life, humility and prestige, shadow and light: Madame Salha, Jean-Pierre Delifer and Elie Saab.Madame Salha: Weaving gold for the golden ageRaifa Radwan Salha, a trailblazing designer born in Aley in 1926, emerged as a defining force in Lebanese fashion during the nation's glittering 'golden age.' Amid this era of unprecedented cultural flourishing, Salha, a young bride at just 15, defied expectations and answered the call of her creative destiny.Armed with raw talent and inspired by the intricate embroidery of religious vestments and glimpses of high fashion in foreign magazines, Salha's early designs for the Baalbeck Festival ignited her rise to fame. Read also Fairuz and the tragedy of the Arab world...
Three genius creators have won Fairuz’s trust to design pieces for her, brilliantly striking the difficult balance between stage and life, humility and prestige, shadow and light: Madame Salha, Jean-Pierre Delifer and Elie Saab.Madame Salha: Weaving gold for the golden ageRaifa Radwan Salha, a trailblazing designer born in Aley in 1926, emerged as a defining force in Lebanese fashion during the nation's glittering 'golden age.' Amid this era of unprecedented cultural flourishing, Salha, a young bride at just 15, defied expectations and answered the call of her creative destiny.Armed with raw talent and inspired by the intricate embroidery of religious vestments and glimpses of high fashion in foreign magazines, Salha's early designs for the Baalbeck Festival ignited her rise to fame. Read also Fairuz and the tragedy of the Arab...
