Showing posts with label RAD HOURANI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RAD HOURANI. Show all posts

Thursday, January 31, 2013

DRESSED TO KILL WINTER 2012

AMAZING CANADIAN COVERAGE

"THE LOVE ISSUE"...Valentines day is coming...

from the article - "Three Quebecois Design Duos"

MARTIN LIM -
"Danielle Martin and Pao Lim fused their two family names to launch their very own label...."

TAVAN & MITTO
"Le rendez-vous est pris dans leur boutique/atelier du boulevard Saint-Laurent a Montreal. En sirotant lentement leurs "espresso", Payam Tavan et Mike Mitto..."

UNTTLD
"UNTTLD is Jose Manuel and Simon Belanger launched their women's lin in January, 2011..."

also in the issue some great full page shots of GRETA CONSTANTINE, HARAKIRI & RAD BY RAD HOURANI.

DRESSED TO KILL  http://dresstokillmagazine.com/
GRETA CONSTANTINE http://www.gretaconstantine.com/
HARAKIRI http://harakiridesign.com/
MARTIN LIM  http://www.martin-lim.com/press.html
RAD BY RAD HOURANI. http://www.radhourani.com/
TAVAN & MITTO http://tavanmitto.com/
UNTTLD  http://tavanmitto.com/


Saturday, January 26, 2013

ALL CANADIAN FASHION SHOW

FOLLOWING UP ON RAD HOURANI'S FIRST, ANOTHER CANADIAN FIRST, THIS ONE FROM 1954!

listen to this....

Medium: Radio
Program: CBC News Roundup
Broadcast Date: Sept. 9, 1954
Reporter: SHIRLEY BRETT
Duration: 2:09 ON THE CBC IN 1954...

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/fashion-beauty-general/what-is-canadian-fashion.html

I can see it...and it does sound Canadian... considering the weather here in Toronto, windy, snowy and cold, as I write this...

An excerpt from the transcripton of the above:
"There's no doubt that our clothes can reflect a definite Canadian personality," explains CBC's Shirley Brett. In this 1954 radio clip, she's reporting on the first all-Canadian fashion show, staged in Montreal by 13 Canadian fashion designers. After describing some of the designs on display, Brett comes to her own conclusions on what Canada's fashion world is all about. "I had the feeling that Canadian fashion designers - like our diplomats - can compromise, can adapt and co-exist and that like our diplomats they can also strike out on their own.."

The last part of the comment certainly forecast what was to come from Rad Hourani...

And now, if you will...please answer these 2 questions...
"In today's fashion world, does Canada have a clear national identity?
Does any country have a clear national identity?"
Don't think too long, it should pop into your fashion focus quickly if it's there....let me know what you think!

SHIRLEY BRETT
CBC  http://www.cbc.ca/radio/
RAD HOURANI  http://www.radhourani.com/
 
 
 
 
 

RAD HOURANI

MULTIPLE FIRSTS FROM  "RAD HOURANI"

Hourani: Born in Jordan, moved to Canada age 16, currently makes New York and Paris home.
He launched his first collection, "RAD by RAD HOURANI" 5 years ago.
The first Canadian Fashion Designer invited by the Chambre de Syndicale to be invited to show as a guest by the Fédération Française de la Couture, du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode.
Rad, in his Haute Couture debut, will be the first designer to show a "unisex" collection.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

If you don't already know  of "RAD HOURANI",  some bits and pieces to get you started on the "Canadian Fashion Designer".
 
From the "RAD HOURANI" website:
"I STARTED IMAGINING CLOTHES THE SAME WAY I STARTED CREATING IMAGES: WITH A SENSE OF CURIOSITY AND INNOCENCE DRIVEN BY MY NO-BACKGROUND BACKGROUND. NO SCHOOL. NO TEACHERS. NO TELLY. NO BOUNDARIES. NO FORMATTING. I LIKE THE IDEA OF A WORLD THAT WE COULD LIVE AND SHAPE BY OURSELVES"
http://www.radhourani.com/
 

In an interview from "REALSTYLE MAGAZINE"
"Rad Hourani: I design timeless pieces. I don’t work with trends or what the fashion machine is about; I create my own rules, and I’m very thankful to have great clients that have taste, elegance and great minds. They see themselves in what I do, and it is one of the greatest gifts I have ever received.
Rad Hourani and RAD by Rad Hourani, are ultimately unisex"
http://www.realstylenetwork.com/blogs/fashion-and-style/2012/07/interview-rad-hourani-on-his-first-haute-couture-unisex-collection/
from the "Montreal Gazette"
"Rad Hourani is “over the moon” with the news that he has been invited to show on the Parisian haute couture calendar as a guest of the Chambre syndicale de la haute couture...
It’s going to look crazy, Hourani said of the collection, which will be shown Jan. 24, on the same calendar as Chanel, Valentino, Dior and Jean Paul Gaultier. The garments will be panelled and layered, as were the items in a trial show last summer in Paris, he said, but with different methods of construction....
Three other designers were invited to show as well this season. They are Zuhair Murad, who dressed Jennifer Lopez and Sofia Vergara on the red carpet this year, Hervé Leroux of bandage dress fame (under the name Hervé Leger) and Lefranc Ferrant...
Hourani won’t show his ready-to-wear Rad by Rad Hourani collection in New York this winter, given the rush to complete the haute couture line..."
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/fashion-beauty/Style+File+Hourani+invited+present+haute+couture+Paris/7721213/story.html#ixzz2Iuk1VQMp

From "JEANNE BEKER"  in the "TORONTO STAR"
PARIS—The notion of seeing Didier Grumbach, long-time head of the revered Chambre Syndicale, which governs haute couture in France, at the Canadian Cultural Centre to watch the offerings of a young Canadian designer warmed the cockles of this seasoned fashion writer’s heart.
... Still, Hourani’s ready-to-wear line, which is sold in 30 countries, has resonated with those looking for something truly unique and edgy. And his first unofficial couture collection, produced last season, was a huge success.
...Hourani will be the first to tell you that he’s uncompromising, and sometimes in fashion, that can be tough. But judging from this elegant collection, Hourani’s passion and point of view, could not only catapult him onto the world’s fashion stage, but could also ensure that he stays there"
http://www.thestar.com/living/fashion/article/1319551--rad-hourani-haute-couture-2013#.UQJNd9qCUu4.twitter

RAD HOURANI  http://www.radhourani.com/
REAL STYLE MAGAZINE  http://www.realstylenetwork.com/
MONTREAL GAZETTE  http://www.montrealgazette.com
TORONTO STAR  http://www.thestar.com
JEANNE BEKER  https://twitter.com/Jeanne_Beker