Andrea Wazen

Andrea Wazen works out of Beirut making shoes — heels primarily, with a sculptural bent that puts the construction itself on display rather than dressing it up. From what circulates on Instagram, the brand occupies a specific gap in the Lebanese market: not the wedding-season maximalism that dominates local footwear production, not the quiet basics that travel well internationally, but something more committed to form as a statement. Beirut's fashion scene has contracted considerably since 2019 and the labels still making noise tend to be doing so with intention. Without a public catalog, the full range is hard to assess. What reads consistently is a preoccupation with the heel as structure, not afterthought.