AZZI_AND_OSTA

Azzi & Osta is based in Beyrouth, Lebanon. He studied at ESMOD Beyrouth and graduated in 2007. His collections are produced in Lebanon.

"Azzi & Osta" a brand that has added a new tagline to the Lebanese fashion scene; a tagline described as a bridge between the dynamics of our modern world and constant thirst for new interpretations for aesthetics.
The brand is the brainchild of the designer-duo: George Azzi and Assaad Osta. The two were born in 1986 and joined ESMOD-
Beyrouth in 2004 where they got their first chance to explore each other's creative powers. In 2007, Upon delivering their
collection for the final project at ESMOD George Azzi and Assaad Osta won the prize of the president of the Jury Elie Saab
and the prize of jury respectively. In which after both became assistant designers at Elie Saab for 18 months; during which
they continued to explore each others' approach for work and aesthetics.
Later Azzi freelanced in design and pattern-making.
The creative conglomerate started early with the designers, back to childhood. Azzi's main influences were both of his
grandmothers that were involved in tailoring and knitting in addition to surrealist paintings. Osta's were his mother making her own garments, cinema Noir and classical music.
Azzi & Osta's style is highlighted with its challenging conceptual volumes that are vintage in soul yet in perfect proportions.