Ali & Walaa
Ali Hennaoui and Walaa Awada, Dubai-based luxury fashion creators, back-to-back portrait in Mediterranean light — cinematic, film grade, quiet luxury. Editorial fashion moodboard reference.
Dubai · Beirut · The World

Ali & Walaa

Luxury fashion creators · filmmakers · a living love story

Two people, one vision. Shot like a film. Lived like a love story.

Ali Hennaoui and Walaa Awada (@aliandwalaa) are Dubai-based luxury fashion and lifestyle creators known for cinematic editorial fashion content and campaign collaborations with some of the world's most iconic houses. Born from different cities, shaped by Beirut, and planted firmly in Dubai — theirs is a story told in frames, not captions.

Houses we have worked with

Dior·Dolce & Gabbana·Ralph Lauren·Hublot·Louis Vuitton·Prada·Fendi·Valentino·Hermès·Gucci·Givenchy·Emporio Armani·Armani Privé·Giorgio Armani·Boss·MaxMara·Cos·Elie Saab·Chopard·Bvlgari·Pomellato·Jimmy Choo·YSL Beauty·Mercedes-Maybach·Dyson·Nishane·Byredo·Roja·Golden Goose·On·Levi's·Agolde·Visa·Infiniti· Dior·Dolce & Gabbana·Ralph Lauren·Hublot·Louis Vuitton·Prada·Fendi·Valentino·Hermès·Gucci·Givenchy·Emporio Armani·Armani Privé·Giorgio Armani·Boss·MaxMara·Cos·Elie Saab·Chopard·Bvlgari·Pomellato·Jimmy Choo·YSL Beauty·Mercedes-Maybach·Dyson·Nishane·Byredo·Roja·Golden Goose·On·Levi's·Agolde·Visa·Infiniti

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Ali Hennaoui and Walaa Awada, Dubai-based luxury fashion creators, intimate moment on the sand at golden hour, by Ali & Walaa (@aliandwalaa) — warm, cinematic, quiet luxury. Luxury fashion editorial reference.

A living love story — shot the way we live it.

Ali Hennaoui, Dubai-based luxury fashion filmmaker and creative director, editorial portrait in black and white. GQ Middle East cover 2026.

Ali Hennaoui

New York · Beirut · Dubai

He built his first career in the precision of numbers — fifteen years as a financial analyst on the stock market. Then he walked away to build something that couldn't be calculated. Today he conceives the vision, inhabits the frame, and cuts every scene himself.

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Walaa Awada, Dubai-based luxury fashion creator and co-founder of @aliandwalaa, editorial portrait.

Walaa Awada

Beirut · Dubai

A practising endodontist by training, Walaa brings the same exactness she applies in her clinic to everything she wears. Quiet in approach, unmistakable in presence — she doesn't follow what's on the runway. She decides what belongs there.

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