Meditation on Love
La grande passion des femmes est d’inspirer l’Amour. What is really Love? Is Love the energy of Truth? Is Love the most powerful force that humans can possibly experience? Or is it the very idea of making someone feel special?
Now that Valentine’s Day is coming tomorrow, it seems like the perfect time to ponder the question. The mutual assurances of unbounded confidence, admiration, tenderness and passion, if there is any genuine sincerity in them, represent a transient sta
Sakina Paris Haute Couture presentation
Earlier during Paris Fashion Week, I held the presentation of my 2016 Spring/Summer Haute Couture collection in the Suite Royale of Westin, in front of buyers, clients, journalists, bloggers and photographers. Romanticism was my leading inspiration for this wedding collection, and a 5 meter high chandelier served as the overpowering decor. My presentation started on a poetical note as the playlist of Vivaldi was playing in the background. I also felt honoured to have Champagn
Parisian Romance
Earlier during Paris fashion Week, I had great pleasure in presenting two pieces of my first Haute couture collection on Lebanese beauty Paola Elsitt in her Suite at Prince de Galles (Avenue Georges V) Sweet like a candy, Delicate like a Mademoiselle…. This was the idea we had in mind while working on this super exciting new project for the launch of my wedding collection Sakina Paris. My talented photographer friend Marleen Serne captured the two different looks. Romanticism
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