Reflections
Beauty is what you make of the years you have lived, not what you do to hide them.
Brooke Shields / on ageing
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I do not design clothes for the woman who follows fashion. I design them for the woman who lives in them.
Elie Saab / on the language of craft
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The voice we listen to first is the one we mistake for our own.
Hala Kazim / on inheritance
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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.
Diane Arbus / on portraiture
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You cannot write about something you have not yet survived.
James Baldwin / on form
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Beauty must be in the hands of those who have time for it.
Coco Chanel / on intention
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The Mirror of Style
Fashion has always been more than fabric. It is the silent conversation between who we are, how we see ourselves, and how the world chooses to see us.
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Nothing to Hide
There was a time when the world looked at Emmy Combs and saw what was missing. She chose to see something else. Strength.
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The Power of a Voice
Some people become known for what they wear. Eliane Khawand became known for what she thinks.
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Beauty With Roots
For Nathalya Rai, beauty was never about perfection. It became care the day her mother lost her hair to chemotherapy, and it became Rootelia Beauty the day she decided to rebuild.
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The Face of Eternity
Egyptian art was never made only to be looked at. It was made to remember, to protect, and to last.
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Against the Current
Ruben spent decades building a stable career before a single thought changed everything: if someone else can do it, perhaps I can too. At 42 he became a painter, and the swimmer moving against the current became his subject.
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Made to Belong
The UAE is more than a country. It is a place where people from everywhere come together, build new lives, and feel safe enough to dream again.
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