Hello, my lovelies. There is something in the air these days, a more collaborative approach that I find genuinely inspiring. I have been enjoying the different collaborations that I posted on my page, and some that haven’t landed yet, so stay tuned. Please go watch what was shared and engage with it, and let’s beat the algorithm together.
Beirut’s fall and art mood is in full bloom, with so many things we are attending and consulting on as The Shift Consultancy.
This Saturday marks the 4th anniversary of my hijab, and I love to keep celebrating it. I can’t wait for you to see this year’s post, a collaboration dear to my heart, too.
F for Facts/ Fun
The new burnout, Dua’s guide to NYC, does zero budgeting work, and are micro weddings cheap?
F for Fashion / Beauty
Paris wrapped on Tuesday, with 68 runway shows and 34 presentations on the official calendar between September 28 and October 6, and the second half of the week delivered.
Chanel was the moment. Matthieu Blazy marked his first year at the house on October 5 at the Grand Palais with a collection called La Conversation, Part Three, showing 83 looks beneath 95 illuminated birds. The idea was Gabrielle Chanel as many women in one; pop-art playfulness sat comfortably beside the classic tweed skirt suit.
Louis Vuitton had the closing slot. Nicolas Ghesquière ended the week on Tuesday evening in the Louvre’s Cour Carrée, with thirty-four futuristic car sculptures covered in house motifs forming the set. The clothes were the opposite of that spectacle: one of the breeziest, most approachable and prettiest Vuitton collections in years, built on familiar shapes like cardigans, blousons and reefer coats in gauzy, flowing fabrics.
At Loewe, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez kept leaning into color and sporty influences, with glass beads and intricate embellishment elevating their take on American sportswear. Miu Miu was about bringing elegance to sports, with painted leather jackets, zip-up track tops, and deliberately crinkled cocktail dresses.
A few more names worth knowing. Julian Klausner’s Dries Van Noten was colorful, confident, and full of prints, and Celine under Michael Rider was called the most wanted collection of the season for its easy, wearable chicness. Schiaparelli was less costume-like than in past seasons but still stunning, and Junya Watanabe went for a wild club-kid mood against an all-white runway. At Chloé, Chemena Kamali sent caftans, billowing dresses and a black Le Smoking jumpsuit, with show notes so wistful that some read them as a goodbye, though that is industry speculation and nothing is confirmed.
Elie Saab showed on Saturday, October 3, with a collection called À Fleur de Peau, inspired by Jean Harlow’s effortless allure. He went back to the signatures that built his name: sheer layers, corseted shapes, floral embroidery and floating silhouettes, and he told WWD that younger customers and celebrities are returning to the house’s authentic codes. It was 63 looks of sheer layering and lingerie dressing, arriving 19 days before his H&M collection hits stores.
Valentino followed on Sunday at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, and this one has a Lebanese thread. Alessandro Michele’s collection, Antibiblioteca, borrowed from Lebanese-American professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s idea of the “antilibrary,” with Umberto Eco’s vast shelves of unread books as a parallel inspiration. Taleb was born in Amioun, in Lebanon’s Koura district, in 1960, and went from trading on Wall Street to becoming a writer. Michele took that idea into fashion, comparing unread books to the beautiful clothes sitting unworn in our wardrobes. The invitations were booklets listing 68 unread titles, and guests were asked to bring books to be donated to local libraries. He sent 80 looks through the reading room, with a palette of fuchsia satin, acid lime, cobalt and forest green against chocolate browns and charcoal tailoring.
Georges Hobeika showed at the Palais de Chaillot, with Georges and his son Jad building the season around different expressions of femininity, starting with dark, structured clothes and gradually moving toward transparency and softness. The opening look was a sculpted black jacket held together by rows of crystal fastenings, worn with loose, low-slung trousers, and the show ended in sheer lace, fluid chiffon and red-carpet gowns. New to the house’s vocabulary were a brocade satin and a guipure mesh that reinterprets their signature lacework more graphically.
Aleen Sabbagh also showed, a year after the Lebanese label made its Paris Fashion Week debut at Hôtel de Maisons with sculptural silhouettes, dreamy hues and meticulous craftsmanship. The house now lists a Spring-Summer 2027 ready-to-wear collection on its site, and watching sisters from Beirut grow on the Paris calendar season after season is something I never get tired of.
F for Fitness / Health
Is this exercise pattern making you age, when does your HIIT workout reach its peak, the hormone behind your PMS mood swings, how to get a deep good sleep, and strength training builds more than muscles.
F for Food
Protein-packed pumpkin spice latte, how to shop NYC farmers’ markets like a chef, healthy crustless pumpkin pie recipes, and carrot cake by the queen.
Until next week, InshAllah.
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With all my love and a well-curated wardrobe
La Petite, Hanine
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