LEBANON-FASHION

A model presents a creation for Lebanese designer Khaled El-Massri during the Lux Fashion World 2003 at the luxury BIEL seafront complex in Beirut, late 15 September 2003. Beirut's annual fashion event was painted in scandal as Jean-Paul Gaultier and Chanel denied organiser's claim they had chosen the venue for their first shows in the Arab world. AFP PHOTO/Joseph BARRAK