Monday, July 19, 2010

Rad Hourani: Le Roi du Noir


Born in Jordan, raised in Montreal and based in Paris, Rad Hourani is one of the hottest new designer. With a new definition of fashion and an unique style of designing, Hourani is making his way at the top of the fashion scene and will soon be referred to as people like Karl Lagerfeld or Alexander McQueen (RIP).
Hourani's collections have 3 things in common:
-Architecture; an original Hourani piece has a very sharped design, the clothes are symmetrical (rectangular jackets) and he aims for perfection on every clothe he makes.
-Unisex; he does not let sex nor sexuality define his work. He says himself that "his designs are made for people who don't define themselves as women or men". His collections are very androgynous for men as for women. (I was watching one of his runways and it was hard for me to know who was what lool).
-Colour; "All black everything"!! That's the reason why he's called "Le Roi du Noir" (King of Black for those of you who are not bilingual :P ). But he does let himself wander in the world of white and grey but his clothes remain really pure and there's no bright colour in any of his collections

Another signature of Hourani is you'll never see buttons on his clothes, only zippers!
For a man who grew up in a variety of places, his collection show that side of him, his clothes can be worn everywhere and by everyone.
Some of his masterpieces are with no doubt the unisex high heels boots (my favorite!!!!), leather pants, and the Transformer (Lol that's how I call his rectangular jacket, you can understand why in the 4th picture!)

In brief, Rad Hourani is definitely one of my favorite designers and I'm really happy he's making his way at the top, he really deserves it (he didn't study fashion!! He is self-taught!!). I'm sure that in less than a couple of years, he'll be standing right next to the biggest names in fashion!

The Commanders are OUT!


Pic#1 Rad Hourani himself spotted in Paris;
Pic#2 Hourani Male Model;
Pic#3 Rihanna in Rad Hourani;
Pic#4 Jacket (the transformer because it can be worn in very different ways as shown in the picture);
Pic#5 Hourani's Model during a photoshoot (I want the outfit of the 3rd one from the left!!! Hooot stuff!!!)

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