Designer Spotlight: Lara Khoury

Lara Khoury’s ready­to­wear line, LK, is a bold and conceptual exploration into the antithesis of conformity. Incarnations of a female protagonist are realized through strong shapes and engulfing volumes, challenging traditional notions of a passive ideal. Exaggerated flounces of fabric combine with sleek silk to cast wonder­inducing silhouettes. In outerwear, oversized cuts in unconventional fabrics create freedom and fluid movement, while expert draping conjures capacious skirts that billow with emancipating lightness. Every look crafted carries with it the designer’s signature sense of occasion. With rebellion at its heart and boundless creativity in its soul, LK stands for freedom and self­confidence.

For the A/W’16 collection, the use of distinct panelling and borders reflects complex and conflicting tensions in Beirut, while fraying edges represent the Lebanese capital coming undone. Feminine asymmetrical cuts subtly depict disorder and imbalance, while string constructions characterise the city’s fragility. Geometric cuts, strong fabrics and the use of controlled volume combine to hold the collection together, just as the people’s spirit holds Beirut together.