Fashion is a timely reflection of culture, society, status, and class. With the years, women’s fashion has changed as did their vital roles in society.
Here’s how Lebanese women’s fashion changed since the 19th century.
1870

A picture by French photographer Bonfils showing a typical but formally dressed Druze woman from the Chouf mountains, now part of Lebanon.
1875

The 1880s

Lebanese woman. The photo was taken in the late 1800s by Tancrede Dumas.


Lebanese bride in wedding costume.

1889

1948
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1956
1958
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1960s
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1961

Lamia Solh, daughter of former Prime Minister Riad El-Solh, 1961.
1965
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1966
View this post on InstagramBeirut International Airport – 1966 مطار بيروت الدولي – ١٩٦٦
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1969
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1970s
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1972
1977
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1979
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1980
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1982
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1992
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