The Lebanese wedding dress designers with the biggest following are Elie Saab and Zuhair Murad, both Beirut houses, whose main Instagram accounts have about 18.7 million and 10.5 million followers. Below are nine Lebanese couture houses that design bridal, ranked by the size of their main Instagram following, checked in October 2026, with a few facts about each and a recent look from the house's own accounts.
All nine have their ateliers in Beirut.
Based in: Beirut
Instagram followers: about 18.7 million
Elie Saab started out in 1982, aged 18, with a team of 15, specialising first in bridal couture. He was the first Lebanese designer to join the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, and his gown for Halle Berry in 2002 made him the first from Lebanon to dress an Oscar winner.
Based in: Beirut and Paris
Instagram followers: about 10.5 million
Zuhair Murad launched his brand in 1995. He has shown at Paris Haute Couture Week since 2001, with boutiques on Charles Helou Avenue in Beirut and rue François I in Paris. The house's bridal label, Zuhair Murad Mariage, has its own collections each season.
Based in: Beirut, with a Paris showroom
Instagram followers: about 2.2 million
Georges Hobeika opened his atelier in Beirut in 1995, and bridal is one of the house's four lines alongside couture, Signature and GH. His son Jad Hobeika became co-creative director in 2022.
Based in: Beirut
Instagram followers: about 1.3 million
Maison Rami Kadi dates from 2011 in Beirut, and the Lebanese-American designer is known for bold couture. The house has since added a bridal ready-to-wear line, and in 2020 Kadi became a regional goodwill ambassador for sustainable fashion in West Asia.
Based in: Beirut
Instagram followers: about 1.3 million
Ziad Nakad established his house in 1997 and designs couture, ready-to-wear and bridal wear. His atelier is in Dbayeh, Beirut, and his first international show was in Milan in 2001.
Based in: Beirut
Instagram followers: about 1.1 million
Tony Ward) launched his own couture line in Lebanon in 1997, and the house's headquarters are on Hôtel-Dieu Avenue in Beirut. Its bridal collections run under the name La Mariée.
Based in: Beirut
Instagram followers: about 977,000
Abed Mahfouz opened his first bridal boutique in Beirut with his sister in 1985. He launched his bridal line, Dreamer, in 2001, and his couture line followed at Alta Roma Fashion Week in 2002.
Based in: Beirut
Instagram followers: about 915,000
The first Saiid Kobeisy boutique opened in Beirut in 2005, and the house now has a dedicated bridal store in the city. Kobeisy counts dressing Queen Rania of Jordan among the highlights of his career. In Australia, Eternal Bridal is the house's first stockist.
Based in: Beirut
Instagram followers: about 661,000
Krikor Jabotian studied fashion design at ESMOD Beirut and was running his own family maison there before his mid-twenties. His bridal collections include Al Maktoub.
Most of these houses make bridal couture to order in Beirut, so ask each house how many fittings it needs and plan your trips around them. Count back from your wedding date using our wedding dress timeline, and leave extra weeks for shipping to Australia.
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