Captivating Contrasts: Lebanese Designers Breathe New Life into The Forgotten Spaces of Bhamdoun

by Fouad TadrosJuly 11, 2023July 11, 2023

Couture by some of the nation’s most famous creatives transforms an abandoned synagogue into a reverent backdrop of beauty

Dress, POA, Rami Kadi Couture. Earrings, POA, B Bloomed

Dress, POA, Reem Kachmar Couture. Earrings, POA, B Bloomed

Dress, POA, Georges Chakra Couture. Earrings, POA, B Bloomed x Elio Abou Fayssal

Top; Skirt, POA, both Elio Abou Fayssal Couture

Dress, POA, Reem Kachmar Couture. Earrings, Earrings, POA, B Bloomed

Dress, POA, Aden. Headpiece, POA, B Bloomed

Dress, POA, Azzi & Osta Couture. Headpiece; Earrings, POA, both B Bloomed

Dress, POA, Krikor Jabotian Couture. Earrings, POA, B Bloomed x Elio Abou Fayssal

Dress, POA, Georges Hobeika Couture. Shoes, POA, Chanel

Photography: Fouad Tadros. Photographer’s Assistant: Joe Ghanem. Styling: Nour Bou Ezz. Stylist’s Assistants: Wael Frangieh and Imogene Legrand. Model: Malak Farouk at UNN Model Management. Hair: Remah Jammoul at Local Vice Management. Make-Up: Sharbel Hasbany. Location Manager: Cynthia Hobeika. Location: Synagogue, Bhamdoun, Lebanon.

From Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s July/August 2023 issue.

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