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Brand identity · Heritage fashion

Case study · 2025

Bint
Al
Balad

A personal fashion practice rooted in Beit Sahour, where Tatreez is treated not as decoration but as language — Bethlehem embroidery reinterpreted through modern silhouettes, restraint, and a quiet, confident identity.

Services

Brand strategy · Logomark & wordmark · Arabic lettering · Brand guidelines

Deliverables

Visual identity · Logo lockups · Colour & type system · Brand-in-action

01The story

The
challenge

How do you carry Bethlehem Tatreez into a contemporary wardrobe without freezing it as costume? The brand needed an identity that honours stitch logic and symbolism, yet reads as modern fashion — heritage as design discipline, not nostalgia.

02The story

Our
approach

We distilled the Bethlehem flower and star into a single, balanced mark — refined for clarity and structural harmony while keeping its Tatreez logic. A restrained palette of deep reds, warm neutrals, and grounded darks pairs with clean, modern Arabic lettering, so the craft leads and the type never competes.

03The story

The
result

A flexible signature that lives across woven labels, embroidery, packaging, storefronts, and digital — a timeless mark rooted in Bethlehem, refined for today. Fashion that carries memory without becoming costume.

In the wild

The
identity,
applied.

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