Lara Khoury wears a seaweed-green tulle dress at the presentation of her collection as part of the Bolero Bloom festival. (Photo: Les Indisciplinés)
One late winter afternoon, as designer Lara Khoury stepped into the Daou family home in Batroun for the first time, she was immediately struck by the immense presence of the sea. A large window open to the horizon moved her deeply. "I felt how incredible it is to live in a place where the sea is almost a part of the walls," the designer confides. The encounter needed neither words nor physical presence. As the visit went on, she was accompanied by photographs. Everywhere, the smile of a girl with curly hair, radiant and luminous. That was Aimée Daou. Read more Starting Thursday in Burj Hammoud: A nostalgia-filled flea market you won’t want to miss Aimée, who passed away from cancer, was the sister of Michèle Daou, founder of the Bolero Bloom festival in Batroun. Lara had never met her. But walking through the rooms of...
One late winter afternoon, as designer Lara Khoury stepped into the Daou family home in Batroun for the first time, she was immediately struck by the immense presence of the sea. A large window open to the horizon moved her deeply. "I felt how incredible it is to live in a place where the sea is almost a part of the walls," the designer confides. The encounter needed neither words nor physical presence. As the visit went on, she was accompanied by photographs. Everywhere, the smile of a girl with curly hair, radiant and luminous. That was Aimée Daou. Read more Starting Thursday in Burj Hammoud: A nostalgia-filled flea market you won’t want to miss Aimée, who passed away from cancer, was the sister of Michèle Daou, founder of the Bolero Bloom festival in Batroun. Lara had never met her. But walking through the rooms...
