Looking back at the fashion weeks in Paris, with careful stares at some Lebanese designers' shows, Basil Soda can be found in the audience from time to time. Tall profiled, broad shouldered, the 40-year-old creator reveals his passionate love to attend his compatriot shows. He adds "I guess, to observe what they do, the result of their work… is as important as showing solidarity". Since three years, Basil Soda attends Paris fashion weeks to present his collections. However, the couture world hosted him from 20 years and he runs his own creator business in Beirut from seven years after he worked “for three years in the UAE and four years as a workshop head and assistant to Elie Saab". Well, mentioning Elie Saab, Soda talks about him with great respect and admiration. When told Elie Saab represents the image of the Lebanese Couture worldwide, he showed no single jealousy or irritation. However, he replied that "yes, it is a very good image, isn't it? He's more like Fairuz in the music scene. This is very positive for the country”. He adds "in fact, there won't be any fashion history in Beirut without Elie Saab. He has always been very high ranked. In my opinion, his success is a result of his hefty talent, but also to his businessman skills. He knew how to work out his image abroad. He is the first to know how to represent a certain Mediterranean image of fashion this way".