Rad Hourani
Rad Hourani | |
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Rad Hourani in 2009 | |
Born |
Jordan | June 15, 1982
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | high school only |
Rad Hourani is a unisex Haute Couture designer.[1] He was born in 1982 in Jordan from a Jordanian father and a Syrian mother. When he was 16 years old, he moved with his family to Montreal (Canada) where he completed his high school studies. Shortly after his graduation from high school, he started scouting for a modelling agency and eventually became a stylist. He moved in 2005 to Paris, where he designed his first unisex collection. It was also in Paris that he launched his namesake unisex label for a debut show on October 2007 at age 25.
Rad Hourani launched his namesake label in 2007 in Paris. Hourani has continued to show the ready to wear unisex line RAD by Rad Hourani in New York, and will continue to present his name sake Unisex Haute Couture collection in Paris.
In January 2013, Hourani became the first invited member by La Chambre Syndicale de La Haute Couture in Paris to design and show a Unisex Haute Couture collection in fashion history.[citation needed]
All of his products are designed to be unisex.
References
External links
- Rad Hourani Official Website
- http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/24/the-birth-of-unisex-couture-rad-hourani.html
- Article on RAD by Rad Hourani in NBC New York, December 21 2009
- RAD by Rad Hourani Spring 2010 collection in Style.com
- Rad Hourani Spring 2009 collection in WWD
- Rad Hourani in Interview, February 20 2009
- http://www.thestar.com/life/2013/01/18/montreals_rad_hourani_first_canadian_invited_to_present_collection_of_haute_couture_in_paris.html
- Rad Hourani Press Archive
- http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Hourani+haute+couture+debut+Paris+feel+amazing/7866947/story.html
- http://www.thestar.com/life/fashion_style/2013/01/28/paris_fashion_week_rad_hourani_on_reaching_the_top_as_an_haute_couture_designer.html
- http://bullettmedia.com/article/the-first-principles-of-rad-hourani/