Have you seen Elissa?

Elissa is a Phoenician princess who‭, ‬in 800‭ ‬BC‭, ‬fled the war that tore her kingdom of Tire in Lebanon‭. ‬She braved the sea seeking for a place to take refuge‭. ‬Her ship docked on African shores where she founded the city of Carthage‭ (‬Qart Hadash meaning‭ ‬“new city”‭) ‬today Tunis‭. ‬A civilization was born with the establishment of this refugee princess‭. ‬Have you seen Elissa‭? ‬is a collection that pays tribute to these extraordinary women who‭, ‬by their will and their style‭, ‬trouble ideas and clichés‭. ‬The Tunisian collection was entirely made by dressmaker Leila‭. ‬The ready-to-wear clothing line is made of silk‭, ‬cotton and viscose‭. ‬All these fabrics come from local textile shops‭.‬

The print‭: ‬handmade serigraphy printing on silk‭. ‬It represents the‭ ‬“eye idol”‭ ‬an Assyrian divinity with big eyes‭. ‬Found between Syria and Iraq in the form of amulets which made some archaeologists say that‭ ‬it would also have a link with fabrics and clothes‭.‬