Lara Khoury, a passion for fashion and nature. (Credit: Anthony Saroufim)
In an ochre linen dress, fluid and tightened in a cascade of tuxedo pleats at the front, she walked, leaving footprints in the sand dunes with her bare feet. Priestess or pharaoh, Lara Khoury was no longer searching for her inner country. She found it and, in the process, she also found great love, she said.With a shaved head and closed eyelids, she smiled at the Egyptian desert sun and suddenly nature assimilated her or vice versa. She became part of the elements. She was the light, the heat, the sea, the grain of sand.It had been a long time since she felt this sense of fulfillment, having left Lebanon in despair after the destruction of her Gemmayzeh studio on Aug. 4, 2020, in the dual explosion at the port. Without structure, without electricity, without the now-dispersed community, the friendship, the brotherhood that supported her,...
In an ochre linen dress, fluid and tightened in a cascade of tuxedo pleats at the front, she walked, leaving footprints in the sand dunes with her bare feet. Priestess or pharaoh, Lara Khoury was no longer searching for her inner country. She found it and, in the process, she also found great love, she said.With a shaved head and closed eyelids, she smiled at the Egyptian desert sun and suddenly nature assimilated her or vice versa. She became part of the elements. She was the light, the heat, the sea, the grain of sand.It had been a long time since she felt this sense of fulfillment, having left Lebanon in despair after the destruction of her Gemmayzeh studio on Aug. 4, 2020, in the dual explosion at the port. Without structure, without electricity, without the now-dispersed community, the friendship, the brotherhood that supported...
