Category: Blog
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Let’s pray for Lebanon – August 4th massive explosion
August 4th, a massive explosion happened in Beirut killing and injuring hundreds of people and leaving thousands homeless… Let’s pray for Lebanon Walking inside ABC mall towards my corner, and seeing the shops shattered to pieces, I couldn’t, and still cannot process how it must have been for the shoppers, innocently strolling and enjoying a…
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Exclusive: Book your styling session with Nadine
Book your styling session with Nadine Browsing through old pics and realizing that it’ll be a long time before I can travel again and take part in international popups made me kinda sad #gocoronagoThis video was taken in 2018 in Dubai by the lively stylist Mayssa Assaf at a popup organized by Nadine KabbaraAnd…
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My creative juice
I took these photos in 2010, the year I decided to quit my job and start my label. At that time I was looping on Tori Amos ‘ album “from the Choirgirl hotel” and Blonde Redhead “Misery is a butterfly” . I love Tori Amos, and I was so envious of Victor and Rolf when Tori Amos performed live for one…
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Create your facemask
Learn how to create your facemask with a video tutorial As a humble contribution in these difficult times, I have prepared a small video tutorial showing how to hand-sew a face mask. The same steps can be done with a sewing machine if available !It is strongly advised to follow WHO recommendations to avoid getting…
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The Lebanese crisis and social media marketing
The Lebanese crisis and social media marketing: resuming “business as usual” in the context of a revolution? There is a question that is being raised quite recurrently these days: is it somehow OK to resume posting on social media about our brand / our work / our store while we ? The first weeks of…
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fashion brands and businesses closures : doing it incognito or out-in-the-open?
fashion brands and businesses closures : doing it incognito or out-in-the-open Although nobody reads blogs anymore, I do maintain this blog section of my site, in a way to keep my brand’s journal. And I’ve come to realize that many things have closed down since I’ve started, whether it’s publications, blogs, brands, stores or organizations. …
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Ballpen sketching
I’ve never been keen on drawing or illustrating. During my time in fashion school, I would get very lazy at detailing the hands, the nose, the hair, or eye makeup of my figurine sketches. I couldn’t wait to go to the cutting table, lay that thin paper and start drafting the pattern. During a job…
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nadine mneimneh @ Homegrown Market Jeddah
I’m happy to announce that you can now shop my pieces at Homegrown Market, one of the coolest concept stores in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Check the address here and read about Homegrown Market in this review published in Arab News
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Sneak-peek : Classic fabric tests
Things I do at the studio: Fabric Tests One of the challenges of buying stock fabric rolls is that, very often, the fabric composition is missing. So here I am, performing a burn test on a small swatch of the khaki fabric that I used for the Kaftan Dress .
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That picture is 6 years old
That picture is 6 years old. Back then I had highlights in my hair, but to this day I sit on the same stool, at the same sewing machine, in that same studio on Hamra street. I am a maker.
