Trained interior designer Lina Audi set up her boutique in 1992. Working together with the same Lebanese craftsmen for years, the exuberant wares and the heady scent of tuberose have made Liwan’s store a Middle Eastern gem in the heart of Paris. Frequented by design buffs and celebrities alike, actress Tilda Swinton names Liwan as her favorite store in Paris, recently wearing a Liwan tartan djellaba to the Cannes Film Festival.

DIA SAYS: Directing her talents to anything from sandals to luxuriously embroidered abayas, the designs of Lebanese Lina Audi fuse a modern aesthetic with traditional Levantine crafts.

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