Samar Seraqui de Buttafoco, a Lebanese style influencer, was a political journalist for an international news channel for nearly ten years before she turned her hand to blogging.

Drained from the constant political news cycle, the Paris based fashionista launched her style website, Une Libanaise à Paris, which rapidly gained fans including the luxury French fashion brand Hermès. After quitting journalism last year, she created her own label, Das Mot, consisting of organic cotton tees reading 'Habibi' and 'Womanist', and was recently chosen as one of 17 fashion influencers - along with Leandra Medine, Chriselle Lim and Camille Charrière - to feature in Roger Vivier’s new coffee table book, #LoveVivier.