Fashion show in ancient ruins..

Saturday, 5 June, 2004: The new issue of Modern Elegance, which will be distributed with The Times [of Malta] tomorrow, features fashion shots taken on location in the Roman ruins of Sabratha (photo), near Tripoli. The magazine's publishers say this was the first time Libya has been used as the location for a fashion shoot. Maltese models, a stylist, a make-up artist, a hairdresser and a photographer were flown to Tripoli and took with them several suitcases of clothes from fashion retailers in Malta. Sabratha is one of the three ancient cities that made up Tripolitania (Greek for "three cities") and from which Tripoli takes its name. [The Times]