2. ARUSHI
COUTURE
HAS
ADORNED
ELITE
CLIENTAL
AROUND
THE
WORLD
FOR
OVER
THREE
DECADES
AND
HAS
NOW
WELCOMED
NEW
DESIGNER,
CHARLES
LU
WHO
IS
SET
TO
LAUNCH
AN
EXCLUSIVE,
ARUSHI
COUTURE
X
CHARLES
LU,
‘INARA’,
SPRING
SUMMER
17
COLLECTION.
INARA,
MEANING
TO
BRING
LIGHT
INTO
DARKNESS,
IS
PREDOMINATELY
INSPIRED
BY
CHARLES’
INITIAL
EXPERIENCE
OF
DUBAI
PREDOMINATELY
INSPIRED
BY
CHARLES’
INITIAL
EXPERIENCE
OF
DUBAI
AND
THE
CITIES
OF
MODERN
ARCHITECTURE;
FOCUSING
ON
THE
USE
OF
CLEAN
LINES,
METAL,
AND
THE
PLAY
OF
LIGHT
ON
GLASS.
ARCHITECT,
ZAHA
HADID,
WAS
OF
PARTICULAR
INFLUENCE,
WITH
HER
USE
OF
BIOMORPHIC
SHAPES
AND
OPPOSING
USE
OF
BLACK
AND
WHITE.
CHARLES
COMBINED
THIS
WITH
NOTES
OF
JAPANESE
MINIMALISM,
ART
DECO
ARCHITECTURE,
AND
HISTORICAL
GARMENT
MINIMALISM,
ART
DECO
ARCHITECTURE,
AND
HISTORICAL
GARMENT
CONSTRUCTION,
RESULTING
IN
A
PERFECT
MARRIAGE
OF
NUMEROUS
ELEMENTS.
3.
4.
5. O
B
S
I
D
I
A
N
BLACK
COCKTAIL
DRESS
WITH
METAL
AND
PEARL
EMBROIDERIES
SHEER
STRUCTURED
PEPLUM
WITH
BUST
OVERLAY
METAL
AND
PEARL
EMBROIDERED
BELT
WITH
VELVET,
DUCHESS,
AND
TULLE
6.
7. C
E
L
E
S
T
I
N
E
PASTEL
BLUE
COCKTAIL
DRESS
WATTEAU
BACK
WITH
PANNIER
UNDERSTRUCTURE
METAL
AND
PINK
IRIDESCENT
PEARL
EMBROIDERIES
8.
9. C
A
R
R
A
R
A
PALE
GOLD
BROCADE
AND
IVORY
SILK
DUCHESS
JUMPSUIT
GOLD
PEARL
AND
PALE
GOLD
TUBE
EMBROIDERY
EMBROIDERED
BUST
AND
TROUSER
HEM
10.
11. P
A
L
L
A
D
I
U
M
BLUSH
PINK
HEAVY
SILK
CREPE
GOWN
METAL,
PEARL,
AND
WOVEN
RIBBON
EMBROIDERY
IN
ART
DECO
MOTIF
ASYMMETRICAL
GOWN
WITH
HIGH
NECK
AND
SINGLE
KIMONO
SLEEVE
12.
13. J
A
D
E
KIMONO
SILK
MAROCAIN
CREPE
IVORY
JUMPSUIT
WITH
EMBROIDERED
KIMONO
HEAVILY
EMBROIDERED
KIMONO
IN
ART
DECO
MOTIF
IN
THREAD,
CRYSTALS,
AND
BEADS
14.
15. J
A
D
E
JUMPSUIT
IVORY
SILK
MAROCAIN
CREPE
JUMPSUIT
SCULPTED
BUST
WITH
LAYERED
TROUSER
AND
ARCHITECTURAL
PLEATS
EMBROIDERED
BELT
WITH
GOLD,
EMERALD,
AND
BLACK
WITH
SCULPTED
BOW
16.
17. B
E
R
Y
L
ASYMMETRICAL
BLUSH
PINK
HEAVY
SILK
CREPE
GOWN
FAUX-‐TIE
SLEEVES
LINED
IN
IVORY
EMBROIDERED
BACK
WITH
PAILLETTE
AND
PEARL
DETAILS
18.
19. S
A
P
P
H
I
R
E
NAVY
SATIN
JUMPSUIT
WITH
BLACK
COLLAR
AND
WAIST
FLUID
BACK
WITH
PLEAT
DETAILS
20.
21. A
L
A
B
A
S
T
E
R
OFF-‐WHITE
STRUCTURED
COCKTAIL
DRESS
LASER
CUT
ORGANZA
LAYERS
IN
IVORY
PALE
GOLD
TUBE
EMBROIDERY
FADING
FROM
NECKLINE
22.
23. Q
U
A
R
T
Z
IVORY
COCKTAIL
DRESS
LAVENDER
EMBROIDERY
WITH
PEARLS,
TUBES,
AND
THREADS
SCULPTED
PEPLUM
WITH
LAYERED
SLEEVE
AND
BACK
DETAILS
24.
25. O
N
Y
X
LAYERED
CAPE
BLACK
GOWN
WITH
PEARL
BORDER
EMBROIDERED
BELT
WITH
METAL
AND
PEARL
DETAILING
26.
27. A
M
E
T
H
Y
S
T
LAVENDER
GOWN
SHORT
FRONT
WITH
PLEAT
DETAIL
EMBROIDERED
BELT
WITH
METAL
AND
PEARL
DETAILING
28.
29. G
R
A
N
I
T
E
BLACK
COCKTAIL
DRESS
WITH
WHITE
DETAIL
ASYMMETRICAL
GATHERS
WITH
HIP
FLOUNCE
30.
31. C
A
L
A
C
A
T
T
A
BOLERO
IN
HEAVY
DUCHESS
SILK
WITH
REMOVABLE
EMBROIDERED
CAPE
OFF-‐WHITE,
IVORY,
AND
PALE
GOLD
BALL
GOWN
TUBE
EMBROIDERY
WITH
LASER
CUT
ORGANZA
FADING
FROM
BROCADE
TO
LAYERS
32.
33. O
P
A
L
HEAVY
ORGANZA
WEDDING
GOWN
IN
RICH
WHITE
PEARL,
PAILLETTE,
AND
WHITE
RAFFIA
EMBROIDERY
BUST
PLEAT
DETAIL
WITH
A
BACK
FLOURISH
SKIRT
WITH
LAYERED
ORGANZA
