Rabih Kayrouz

Rabih Kayrouz
. Picture of Rabih Kayrouz by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Born	Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese
Occupation	Fashion designer
Labels	Maison Rabih Kayrouz

Rabih Kayrouz (born 1973) is a Lebanese fashion designer, creator and founder of the fashion house Maison Rabih Kayrouz, established in Paris in 2008.

Rabih Kayrouz was born in Lebanon in 1973. Kayrouz migrated to Paris at the age of 16 to study at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.

In 1995, after training for several months in the workshops of design houses Dior and Chanel, Kayrouz returned to Beirut where he developed a reputation for designing evening gowns and wedding dresses.

In 2008, Kayrouz returned to Paris to open his own design house at 38, Boulevard Raspail. The location was previously "Le Petit Theatre de Babylone" where Beckett's play Waiting for Godot was performed for the first time . Since 2009, Kayrouz has been a guest designer for the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, with his seasonal collections included in the bi-annual Paris haute-couture fashion shows. In 2011, Kayrouz was selected by the prominent French ELLE Magazine as one of the "Emerging New Talents". In 2012 he abandoned the appellation "couture" to focus on ready-to-wear. In the same year, he created a capsule collection for La Redoute (French mail order brand).

Kayrouz's design signature has been described as pragmatic, but daring in its use of haute-couture style codes. He has been praised for his use of style "know-how" in creating ready-to-wear collections which complement the urban lifestyle.