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Beautifully Blended Beirut - Part II

Still at Saifi Village, if you're looking for a place where they sell well-made, colorful, and embroidered caftans and ropes for your mother or even for you, then head to Assila (Pictured below and above). It's the perfect place to buy a gift for your mother or your foreign friends who like and appreciate middle eastern clothes.


Johnny Farah sells leather goods that look and feel fabulous. The clutches are even more beautiful up close. And what's even more fabulous? You can customize your own bag provided that it follows Farah's guidelines of leather design. Swell!

Starch is a relatively new boutique devoted to young designers in Lebanon. The concept of the boutique is the constant rotation of new ideas and debut collections by new designers. So every season four to six young designers showcase their work to the public.

Just look at those cute light pink shoe-boots/platforms at Starch boutique. The "it" place to go to for one of a kind items.

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Journal Entries said…
oh how i regret not going there when i had the chance 2 =/
15 March, 2009
AZM said…
Nice.
I heard about Starch a lot.
Also Moon, Cream, and Plum.
16 March, 2009
miss ghesquiere said…
Hahah swell. You sound like cynthia rowley. :) anyways, ya I really like johnny farah, veeeery soft, velvety leathers! But I bought a pair of shoes and they hurt a bit from the back cause of the way the back of the shoe was structured. Otherwise, super-comfy!
16 March, 2009
Anonymous said…
Nothing can stop Beirut- not even war! It seems like you had loads of fun, confash!!
16 March, 2009
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