Fashion Designer JAD RACHA’S Inspiration
BY CRISTINA DEPTULA
F ashion designer Jad Racha fell in love with San Francisco from the moment he moved here. As he puts it, “San Francisco’s charm helped nurse and shape [my] take on fashion.” Another major inspiration for him is his mother. Racha is her first name and he’s taken that as his artist name in her honor. She’s always been encouraging to him and as a child he grew up admiring the elegant clothes she wore to parties and events in their native Lebanon. She now wears his new couture creations! I wondered if he considered his work
vintage or modern, and he answered, “timeless and classic.” When asked for more detail on how he described his style, Racha explained, “Clean, modern, and timeless. My work reflects classic elegance and detailed craftsmanship.” He names Hubert de Givenchy and Christian Dior as influences on his art. And he says his own inspirations come from a variety of sources. “My ideas come from all over my surroundings, fabric, draping , sketching, music , vintage shops etc...I usually allow myself to not think about what I’m designing instead I just let it happen and see what comes out.”
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