Marcelle Majdalani in her land of wonders. (Credit: Carla Henoud/L’Orient-Le Jour)
In Lebanon, surviving over time, or simply continuing on, is already an act of resistance. On Abdel Wahab Street in Beirut, where the past keeps slipping away, Marcelle’s boutique remains one of the last sentinels of a vanished era.Founded in 1979 by Marcelle Majdalani, this women’s prêt-à-porter establishment has not only endured by some unknown force, but continues to this day, in its untouched, unscathed decor, to embody a certain bourgeois elegance that no longer exists. Fashion to jewelry From la dolce vita to fashion-tech hybrids, Italian jewelry on display in Beirut The war passed in front of its shop window — often literally — without ever bending its owner’s will. Throughout all this time, as is still true today, Marcelle continued to open her shop, to welcome, to sell clothes to "ladies" who still went out at...
In Lebanon, surviving over time, or simply continuing on, is already an act of resistance. On Abdel Wahab Street in Beirut, where the past keeps slipping away, Marcelle’s boutique remains one of the last sentinels of a vanished era.Founded in 1979 by Marcelle Majdalani, this women’s prêt-à-porter establishment has not only endured by some unknown force, but continues to this day, in its untouched, unscathed decor, to embody a certain bourgeois elegance that no longer exists. Fashion to jewelry From la dolce vita to fashion-tech hybrids, Italian jewelry on display in Beirut The war passed in front of its shop window — often literally — without ever bending its owner’s will. Throughout all this time, as is still true today, Marcelle continued to open her shop, to welcome, to sell clothes to "ladies" who still...
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