Events

For the Beirut Design Week’s theme of Nostalgia, Milia Maroun collaborated with Paris based writer and artist Lamia Ziade using her iconic portrait of the celebrated singer Asmahan to illustrate her eponymous Kimabaya. Amal Al-Atrash, better know by her stage name Asmahan, was a Syrian born singer and artist who dominated the levantine art scene throughout the 30’s and 40’s. When the notion of the voiceless Arab female prevails in the conventional collective memory, Asmahan’s life story and controversial lifestyle up until her mysterious death makes her a symbol of the modern arab woman transcending time and history. In fact,...

In 2017, Milia showed a selection of Unique Kimabaya’s at A'maree's boutique in Newport Beach.

In 2004, Milia Maroun opened the doors to milia m Boutique in the heart of Beirut art and culture central Saifi Village.

Looking to the untrained eye like layers of snow, a seasonally fitting display to launch a winter collection, the white packets filling the windows of Milia M boutique  carried, in fact, a deeper message. 1,191 white tank tops lay folded in the sleeves, one for each of those killed in the war with Israel the previous summer. Emblazoned with the scarlet message ‘Remember, Don’t Forget’ in nine languages, the tanks were at once a campaign against collective postwar amnesia and a fundraising exercise, with all proceeds donated to local NGOs working with children orphaned or affected by the conflict. “I...

In 2007 Milia was the first Arab designer to present her fall/winter 2008 Milia M ready to wear collection at Milan fashion week.