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Inside the treasure trove of ‘Tante el Achrafieh’


Inside the treasure trove of ‘Tante el Achrafieh’

A charming jumble at "Tante el Ashrafieh." (Credit: Photo taken from the Instagram account @tanteelashrafieh)

His name is Yehya, "everyone on his team is called Yehya." He is at once the owner, the stylist, the curator, the cashier, the communicator and the content creator, every role in a fashion house embodied by a single man.Alone in his vintage boutique tucked inside an old house in Achrafieh, Yehya Kabbani keeps company, between visits from customers, only with his Stockman mannequins and his hanging racks. He sometimes spends hours talking to them.Each new arrival, each new season becomes an occasion for a small celebration in this space that feels like a private dressing room, with paint spilling like soap at the foot of the racks, a crooked copper chandelier and traditional colored cement mosaic tiles. Haute-couture Louis Vuitton collaboration with Nada Debs takes root in regional culture The name of his shop is itself a...
His name is Yehya, "everyone on his team is called Yehya." He is at once the owner, the stylist, the curator, the cashier, the communicator and the content creator, every role in a fashion house embodied by a single man.Alone in his vintage boutique tucked inside an old house in Achrafieh, Yehya Kabbani keeps company, between visits from customers, only with his Stockman mannequins and his hanging racks. He sometimes spends hours talking to them.Each new arrival, each new season becomes an occasion for a small celebration in this space that feels like a private dressing room, with paint spilling like soap at the foot of the racks, a crooked copper chandelier and traditional colored cement mosaic tiles. Haute-couture Louis Vuitton collaboration with Nada Debs takes root in regional culture The name of his shop is itself a...
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