“A gown is not clothing. It is the memory of a day — made tangible.”
Thirteen years.
The atelier opens
Rima Malaeb opens the Maison in Beirut with a handful of seamstresses and a single sewing machine, taking private commissions from a small Azmi Street atelier.
First bridal collection
The Maison presents its first dedicated bridal collection — eighteen gowns shown privately to regional press and stylists.
Rent & customise
The signature service is formalised — every gown can be bought, rented, or customised, bringing couture within reach of a new generation of brides.
The new atelier
Maison Rima moves into its current flagship on Azmi Street, Azmi Street — a two-floor atelier with a private salon for appointments.
Les Heures Silencieuses
The FW26 collection — the Maison's most ambitious to date — is shown at the Tripoli atelier to an invited audience of thirty-four brides, press and friends of the house.
The hands that make the gown.
Broderie à la main
Every Maison Rima gown is hand-embroidered in the Tripoli atelier. Our embroiderers — some trained at the Lesage school in Paris, others by the masters of the Lebanese bridal tradition — work with seed pearls, glass beads, silver threads, and hand-cut sequins sourced from a single supplier in Bologna.
Dentelle de Calais-Caudry
Our lace is woven on 19th-century Leavers looms at the last working lace mill in Calais-Caudry, by craftsmen whose fathers wove for Balenciaga. One metre of lace requires three to five hours on the loom — a speed unchanged since 1884.
Tripoli · Azmi Street
The atelier is open by appointment. Rima welcomes every bride personally — for a fitting, a sketch, a conversation over tea.
- Address
- Azmi Street
Tripoli, Lebanon - Hours
- By appointment · Mon – Sat
- Telephone
- +961 76 593 518
- +961 76 593 518
- info@maisonrima.lb
- Languages
- AR · FR · EN
Come as you are.
Buy
Take a gown home as yours. Fitted in the atelier, altered to measure for your day.
Rent
Wear a gown from the collection for your wedding or event, then return it to us. All alterations included.
Customise
Describe the gown of your dreams. Rima sketches it for you, then builds it from first muslin to final hem.
Come find your dress.
Message us on WhatsApp — we'll set a time that works, and pour the tea.
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