Base Materials
"When you come back from a
long journey, offer your family
something though it only be a
stone." - Lebanese proverb.
Culture and memory gives life to objects. They express who we are, our beliefs, our values.
Growing up in an immigrant family from Lebanon, my parents carried the past within the contents of their luggage. I carried on their traditions whilst starting my own.
Exploring the relationship between material-culture and personal identity, this first lookbook investigates how objects can create new ways to build and re-frame ourselves.
- Gabriel Abi-Saab, Etymology Founder & Creative Director
Etymology Creative Director: Gabriel Abi-Saab
Art Director: Daniel Stapleton
Photographer: Leif Prenzlau
Digital Operator: Mason Mackensie Wood
First Assistant: Toby Wilkinson
Talent: Raul Pardeilhan
Etymology Brand & Marketing: William Phung
Special Thanks: Remy Ghougassian, Albert Phung, Shadi Obeid, Jeffrey Zhou, Michael Nguyen