Is your Instagram timeline starting to look a bit predictable? We have a solution. Refresh your feed with these Middle Eastern brands’ inspiring accounts. From moody filtered posts, to lookbook images with attitude, to homeware flat lays that will make you want to drop everything and start redecorating, read on for our edit.
Eveningwear designer Hamda Al Fahim’s Instagram feed will take you on a never-ending romantic escape. In between posts of her dreamy creations, the Emirati designer strategically places inspirational and whimsical images of architecture and interiors that echo her designs.
Lebanese fashion and accessory designer Dina Khalifé specializes in hand-drawn prints. Based in Madrid, her feed consists of sketches of her signature patterns and food posts on what she’s been cooking in the kitchen.
It’s no secret, The Dinner Club by No.57 throws some of the most lavish and quirky invite-only supper club dinners on the scene. Founded by Emirati friends Buthaina Al Mazrui and Alamira Noor Bani Hashim, its specialty is monthly private dinners in secret locations. Pull up a chair and feast your eyes on high contrast images of their underground setups.
If you’re a fan of flat lay images, then you need to get on this account and turn the follow button green. This is the personal account of Zaineb, one of the founders of the Dubai-based womenswear label A and Z, and she floods her grid with aerial images of blooming flowers, afternoon lunches, and her closet treasures.
Nur Kaoukji and Al Othman buyer Noor Al Sabah, are friends and founders behind the Kuwait-based lifestyle and homeware brand Ecru. Their account will push you to put your decorating skills to the test with a visual collage of block-print tablecloths and mirrored home accessories. Expect to see vintage fashion references, inspirational images behind upcoming collections, and décor posts that will make you want to give your home a stylish update.
If you like cute critters, marble surfaces, and have a thing for fancy box clutches, then this account is for you. Lilian Afshar is the Emarati designer behind the brand L’Afshar and she has a knack for uploading stylized still life images of her signature marble box clutches.
Founded by siblings Hend, Ghada, and Maha Al Subaey, Qatari label The Kayys’ Instagram feed is full of attitude with attention grabbing lookbook images, mood board inspirations, and a pink wig that will make you want to start sporting cotton candy hued locks.
