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Reem Acra (Arabic: ريم عكرة) is a fashion designer born in Beirut, Lebanon, known for her eponymous bridal gown line and her ready-to-wear collection. Acra came to fame in 1999 for her bridal gowns. As a designer, she's known for detail, new and modern concepts and distinctive tailoring. Her designs are frequently seen on red carpets around the world. ==Early Life and Education== Acra was born at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, where her parents both worked. Her mother, Nadia, worked in the family medicine department, and her father, Aftim, was a prominent and distinguished academic, professor, and public health expert. Acra grew up with three brothers, Michael, Max, and Sari, in Beirut. A live-in seamstress would tailor dresses for her and her mother. She attributes her keen eye to this experience. Shopping with her mother in Beirut souks shaped her earliest experiences with fashion and fabric, and she became fascinated with beading and intricate embroidery after buying a vintage dress from a Bedouin at her mother's urging. Acra's father, well known for his amber collection, would often hike into the mountains with Acra and her brothers looking for amber. Her early exposure to this world stayed with her and inspired her 2011 ready-to-wear collection. Acra began to seriously consider fashion in her late teens, after being complimented on one of her own dresses by a woman who encouraged her to join the fashion club at the American University in Beirut, where she was a student. She held a fashion show in June 1982 that attracted 2,000 people. Acra graduated from the American University in Beirut in 1982 with a business degree, she then took courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, graduating magna cum laude in 1986 and winning the Fashion Design Department’s award for her year. She is recognized as one of the school's most prominent graduates. After graduating from FIT, Acra studied at the École Supérieure des Arts et Techniques de la Mode design school in Paris. Acra left Beirut in 1983, relocating to New York City, during the peak of the Lebanese Civil War. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reem Acra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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