RAD HOURANI I HINT INTERVIEW

Unraveling the Mystery that Is Rad Hourani

by Michael Kowalinski

Since his Paris debut in 2007, Rad Hourani has been like a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma under a black leather tunic. Now showing in New York, he's as abstruse as ever, his models—male and female—giving nothing away as they storm down the runway sheathed in all-black, armor-like uniforms, as if they're some chic army from the future. With a photo exhibition coming up in New York and a film script in the works, it seems there's yet another layer to the designer. Here, one writer's attempt to unravel the mystery that is Rad Hourani...

The first fashion show I ever attended was yours. What was your first show?
Oh, wow. The first show I ever attended was Chanel when I first moved to Paris. I got a call from Chanel saying that Karl was amused with the portrait I did of myself looking like him. They invited me to the show and it was lovely. It was like a concert, with what felt like thousands of people and a great energy.

What's the most beautiful photograph you've ever seen?
I think that I haven't seen it yet. I think beauty is everywhere, but perfection is nowhere. I'm a perfectionist, but I don't think perfection exists. These mediums that I use, fashion and photography, give me the illusion that perfection exists. I'm still looking for that one photograph and I hope some day I'll create it.

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RAD HOURANI | L'OFFICIEL

TRANCLASSIC I VOGUE ITALY

Tranclassic is the self-titled arts exhibition of the Jordanian born fashion designer Rad Hourani. The exhibition, which is his first solo art endeavor, opened in Paris during Men's Fashion Week just two days ago

In search of the meaning of Tranclassic I looked to the dictionary which resulted in no definitions, so I promptly asked the designer if he could elaborate, which he the told me the word "is a hybrid between transformation and classism".

Which seemed to be the idea he explored over the past months shooting "classic beauties" such as Helena Christensen, Elisa Sednaoui and Byrdie Bell in both New York and Paris (which is where the designer is currently based), he says "what started as a project, quickly became this subject matter for this exhibition and I liked the idea of showing images (nearly fifty to be exact plus video works) with only female models during Men's week - it supports my idea of a timeless & unisex universe".

The show was launched in conjunction with his aptly titled line Rad Hourani Classics which will be available in stores January 2011.

TO VIEW COMPLETE ARTICLE : http://www.vogue.it/en/talents/blog-from/2010/06/kristopher-arden-houser--25-june-2010

TRANCLASSIC I MODELS.COM

Running from June 24th to July 22nd at the Joyce Gallery in Paris, designer Rad Hourani brings together the mediums of photography and video installation in his latest adventure titled TRANCLASSIC. In this seemingly new guise as visual artist, he continues his craft with a passion for the androgynous aesthetic and timeless beauty of modernity incarnate. Delving into the pool of ONE Management's models to personify this transformable and classic beauty, individualism is expressed in ways that prove it possible to be as unique as you wish with the help of a single jacket presented 10 different ways, as well as additional key pieces amongst his latest designs. Without seasons, boundaries, or walls, Rad Hourani's collections remain an ongoing evolution of his world's orbit around his very own unique sun. Presenting some of fashion's most inspiring faces in a light all his own, the designer / photographer has selected models who epitomize his ideas of personality, style, and the transcending beauty that does not reference a generation past, nor threatens expiration on a future date. Ranging from supermodel Helena Christensen and newly announced it girl Elisa Sednaoui, to the French classic Charlotte Di Calypso, and New Face Alicia K, the exhibit wreaks of promise and a deeper look than ever before into what can only be described as a galaxy unto itself.

TO VIEW COMPLETE IMAGES : http://models.com/mdx/?p=3737

TRANCLASSIC I WWD

TOTALLY RAD: Rad Hourani has always designed his collection as a unisex concept, but he specifically addressed the men’s market for the first time with a presentation during Paris men’s fashion week. He also used the occasion to launch a line of carryovers called Classic. In addition, Galerie Joyce, where he held the presentation on Wednesday night, is exhibiting “Tranclassic,” Hourani’s photography and video installation, through July 22. The models in the images include Helena Christensen, Elisa Sednaoui and Charlotte di Calypso. Paris-based and Jordanian-born Hourani was a stylist in Montreal before launching his urban-goth collection, which he normally shows in New York.

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TRANCLASSIC I VOGUE PARIS

AGENDA : A voir : l'exposition Tranclassic à la Galerie Joyce

Rad Hourani propose Tranclassic, un double évènement pendant lequel l'artiste et designer y présente à la fois sa nouvelle ligne de pièces de vêtements CLASSIC et sa série de portraits de mannequins.

Il faut aller voir cette belle exposition de photographies en noir et blanc. A travers une galerie de portraits sans fioritures tels que ceux d'Helena Christensen, d'Elisa Sednaoui ou de Charlotte Di Calypso, Rad Hourani offre un univers épuré sans règles ni saisons ou genres. Des clichés emprunts de liberté, de passion et d'élégance.

Exposition Tranclassic du 24 juin au 22 juillet 2010.

Galerie Joyce 168 Galerie de Valois 75001.

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ONE WORLD I RAD HOURANI

Gravure: Tell me about your “no-background background,” as you’ve described it. How does that philosophy shape your sense of innovation—of what is and what isn’t possible?

Rad Hourani: I didn’t study fashion. I didn’t study how to make clothing. After I moved to Paris in 2005, to do styling, I erased all of the past in my head, and all of the ways I had been conditioned as a human—how I understood men’s dressing codes, women’s dressing codes, religion, whatever. I started my own way of thinking, by observing what was going on around me, from traveling, from meeting people, from experience. That’s what I mean as “no background.” It’s a background of erasing the past and starting again with my own observations.

Gravure: I don’t know if I’d call it “rebelling,” but would you say you were “reacting” against something?

Rad Hourani: Maybe “doubting.” I think it’s very important to doubt everything you believe in. You can believe in something, and see a beauty in something, and someone else will never see that beauty. What’s important is to doubt everything, and question everything. Not in a destructive way—it’s not a negative thing, but a positive thing. It’s related to this unisex thing that I started—many people are not used to unisex clothing; they don’t understand it when they see it. But I’ve been lucky because [other] people have been reacting in a really good way—people who react to it using their minds, who are not necessarily trying to be intellectual, but who understand that what I’m doing is erasing the codes of men’s and women’s dressing.

READ COMPLETE INTERVIEW : http://gravuremag.com/2010/07/one-world-rad-hourani/

The World According to Rad Hourani via DOSSIER MAGAZINE

written by Katharine Zarrella

An artistic depiction of the pensive designer

“When I was a kid, I was really religious. I believed in Jesus and my grandfather was a priest. But at one point, I started traveling and I saw other religions and I said to myself, ‘What makes me believe that my religion is better than his, or hers?’ I started examining my way of thinking and how people are programmed and conditioned to view the world. I saw what caused trouble, what caused war, what caused pain…and I asked myself, ‘How can you live with no limits of gender, of religion, of color?’ My clothes are a bit like that. You can be from anywhere and you can travel all over the world and wear it and be yourself.”

The above is just one of the proclamations a black-clad Rad Hourani gave during our outlandishly early morning interview, this along with an “I don’t believe in gender or religion” mantra. Considering the intended purpose for my visit to the designer’s pristine Paris studio was to discuss his innovative fall collection of sequin accents, patent leather shorts and shape-shifting jackets, such a statement seemed potentially disingenuous. In truth, however, it is an integral piece of the personal ethos that inspires Hourani’s complex collections.

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ILLUSTRATION BY RAD HOURANI FOR RA / MOMU EXPOSITION

RAD HOURANI'S BLACK DIARY FOR T MAGAZINE : THE NEW YORK TIMES

PHOTOS BY RAD HOURANI

The 27-year-old Jordan-born, Paris-based designer Rad Hourani is known for his unwavering commitment to aggressively modern androgyny and to his all-black palette. T asked the roi du noir for his take on a new exhibition devoted to his favorite color.

More than any other city, Antwerp, Belgium — the reigning capital of cerebral minimalism — has helped to put black on the fashion map. So it’s fitting that the city is playing host to an exhibition entitled “BLACK. Masters of Black in Fashion and Costume,” at the prestigious MoMU fashion museum. The exhibition features an impressive collection of designer pieces from Belgium and beyond, shown for the most part on mismatched black mannequins and at times paired with, say, a 17th-century portrait or a modern-day runway video.

RAD HOURANI ANTWERP EXPO DIARY FOR VOGUE UK

PHOTOS BY RAD HOURANI

BLACK OUT

While the mood is getting decidedly lighter in London, our stylish friends in Antwerp are embracing the dark side. Running concurrently with the city’s Mode Museum (MoMu) exhibition, Black: The Masters of Black in Fashion & Costume, the new concept store RA has created its own ode to noir, called Blackout. Here, designer Rad Hourani, whose work is included in the show, shares his favourite moments from a dark day in Antwerp…

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RAD HOURANI VIA Diane Pernet

Rad Hourani, My timeless love

After a small break, I have the pleasure to write again about shows. In waiting the Paris fashion week, I can always speak about the New York shows thanks to the pictures.

And I am really happy to start this womenswear season with Rad Hourani, the perfect transition from man to woman.

If my interest to Rad is so strong, the reason can be found in his ability to keep his roots in constantly improving them. Besides, the monochrome looks always hide some details, a special cut. Unless, he has not study fashion in school, this self-thaugt knows how to make clothes wearable in any occasion.

In my opinion, Rad is the expression of a generation’s desires and he has not finished talking…

Cheers
Charles Guislain

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RAD HOURANI FW10-11 VIA MODELS.COM

Of The Minute : So Rad by Janelle

Rad Hourani’s minimalist designs are on the cutting edge of fashion and each season he refines his signature look. For fall, Hourani presented a sleek set of androgynous basics, geared towards his avant-garde audience. View the entire collection, complete with a very special video – only in MDX.

Casting: Wayne Sterling
Photos: Stephan Moskovic
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RAD HOURANI UNISEX COLLECTION #5 FOR FW10-11 VIA THE IMAGIST

PHOTOS BY Pablo Ravazzani

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RAD HOURANI UNISEX COLLECTION #5 VIA DAZED & CONFUSED

Text by Carolyn Brennan Photography by Mark Reay

Thanks to his razor sharp aesthetic and bondage inspired style, in several short seasons Rad Hourani has garnered quite a cult following in New York and beyond. The designer’s army of darkness stormed the runway to the suspenseful tones of “Black Planet” by The Sisters of Mercy. There were dramatic capes, jackets with attached backpacks and the designer’s signature draped jackets and strap front leather pants. The most important theme of the collection was transformation: Hourani created many pieces that could be folded like origami into completely different looks. Though his price points are still sky high, Hourani’s fashion resourcefulness is just what we need in this economic climate.

READ INTERVIEW : http://www.dazeddigital.com/Fashion/article/6615/1/Rad_Hourani_AW_10-11

RAD HOURANI FW10-11 VIA WWD

Rad Hourani’s parade of striking, Goth glamazons in head-to-toe black was a bit monotonous, but his beautifully done, origami-esque wool jackets and sweaters — some of which featured leather or sequin panels — were stunning.

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RAD HOURANI JACKET TRANSFORMATION PREVIEW

RAD!
BY ISAAC LOCK

Rad Hourani, of new wunderkind on the NYFW block fame popped over to see us at the Royalton and demonstrate his amazing transforming jacket/bag/skirt/vest from his new collection! He’s relocating to Paris soon – more on him later…

TO VIEW VIDEO : http://thelovemagazineblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/rad/

RAD HOURANI UNISEX COLLECTION #5 VIA V MAN

FREE RAD-ICALS
By Emily Torrans

Thick leathers, sharp angles, and crisp folds: Rad Hourani’s black on black collection certainly reflected previous seasons, but in an evolved and perfected mirror. Androgynous, multi-use, transformative pieces anchored the show. One jacket that could be zipped, unzipped, and worn with interchangeable sleeves, made ten different appearances down the runway. Hourani’s pieces are surprisingly functional, and despite their unexpected features and silhouettes, avoid gimmickry. Quickly they are becoming something you might call futuristic classics

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Rad Hourani unisex collection #5 via Mykromag

Images By Martin Gregory Jerez for MYKROMAG
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Rad Hourani unisex collection #5 for FW10-11 Via Vogue

Vogue UK : http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/show.aspx/full-length-photos/id,8964

Vogue China : http://shows.vogue.com.cn/season/F2010RTW/RADHOURANI

Vogue Italy : http://www.style.it/moda/sfilate/ai-10-11-collezioni/rad-hourani/Collezione.aspx

Vogue Japan : http://db.vogue.co.jp/collection/show.aspx/full-length-photos/id,3996

Vogue USA : http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/F2010RTW-RHOURANI

Vogue Russia : http://www.vogue.ru/fashion/section_2907/Rad+Hourani/

Style.com : Rad Hourani FW10-11

NEW YORK, February 15, 2010, By Meenal Mistry

One of the principal complaints about young designers is that they lack a unique point of view and, particularly when you’re facing a packed fashion schedule, a reason to exist. That’s not an issue with Canadian designer Rad Hourani, who launched his label three years ago with a laserlike focus. His is a modern goth ethos that fetishizes a strict, lean black silhouette with straight skinny pants and rectangular jackets. The designer is specific. His clothes are always unisex and symmetrical, and you’ll never see a button chez Hourani, only zippers.

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