Angela Braidi

Angela was born and raised in a post-war torn Lebanon where emerging fashion designers are flourishing with creativity but organizational support is lacking. During her internship in an emerging Paris-based fashion brand, followed by experience in a Parisian art gallery Galerie de Medicis, Angela questioned best practices for a young brand to survive in the fierce competition. She also examined the creative spaces that encourage co-creation. For her capstone project, Angela envisions a co-working space designed and organized to nurture and provide exposure to emerging Beirut-based fashion designers and promote the local creative industry as a whole. In her project, Angela creates a dialogue between established and aspiring designers through workshops, interdisciplinary exchanges, and the sharing of best practices.