Rebellion Against Disorder: Georges Hobeika at Couture FW 2025-26
In a world delicately poised between algorithmic hysteria and existential drift, Georges Hobeika proposes an unlikely antidote: The New Order — a lyrically crafted tension between self-doubt and determination, between the boundaries that surround us and our quiet refusal to remain contained.
This season, the house returned to its foundations, revisiting the quiet codes of couture where transformation begins not with spectacle, but with structure. Co-designed by the father-and-son duo, the collection leans into classic silhouettes, softened by clean, feminine detailing. A balance of elegance and restraint, polished and serene, with no space for excess. Intent threads through the collection like a spine — choices are spare, but nothing feels accidental. The house positioned this approach as a rebellion against disorder. Look 01 sets the tone: a sculpted bustier, delicately embroidered with baroque flourishes, paired with lace-trimmed tap shorts — an aesthetic paradox, at once intimate and assured, nostalgic yet resolved into composure.
Each piece was framed as a conscious act of devotion — every line, fold, and stitch guided by clarity, not just in form, but in philosophy.
Look 5, 1, 21; Credit: Courtesy of GEORGES HOBEIKA
Exactly three decades ago, Georges Hobeika founded his Beirut atelier, laying the foundation for a legacy between craftsmanship heritage and contemporary elegance. Today, that intersection became a dialogue. This collection was shaped by a central tension: the pull between inheritance and invention. Each look became an iteration of that idea — ancestral codes reimagined through contemporary clarity. The rigor of architectural corsetry was softened by cascades of tulle and organza. Embroidery techniques rooted in tradition were rendered with near-clinical precision — not to sterilize the past, but to give it sharper definition. The collection, in the house’s own words, emerged from a quiet refusal to submit to convention. In choosing not to provoke, it offers something rarer: the notion that elegance — precisely in its composure — can still unsettle the very idea of order it refuses to replicate.
Picture 1 - Look 3 Credit: Courtesy of GEORGES HOBEIKA Picture 2 - Credit: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
“Elegance is a statement, an attitude. Elegant women are women of character with a radiant inner beauty.” This ethos came to life early in the show with Look 03 — a flapper-like silhouette whose beaded fringe echoed the liberated spirit of the 1920s. It also called to mind Anita Louise’s Titania in Max Reinhardt’s 1935 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, costumed by Max Ree and Milo Anderson, where shimmer and translucence became a language of enchantment, agency, and atmospheric grace. Here, Georges Hobeika fuses jazz-age energy with the rigor of Art Deco geometry. The beadwork cascades in icy rivulets, reminiscent of melting frost, while the sculpted bust recalls the drapery of classical antiquity. It’s a couture meditation on motion, transformation, and timeless femininity — both precise and poetic. But in a moment where clarity is often mistaken for simplicity, one wonders: what does it cost to remain composed?
Look 41, 44, 35; Credit: Courtesy of GEORGES HOBEIKA
In a season defined by chaos, this offering stood as a gesture of order — not just styled, but stitched into being. With this collection, the house reminds us: couture endures not by resisting time, but by rewriting it — one stitch at a time.
