Roni Helou

Biography

Born in Lebanon in 1992, Roni Helou is an award-winning, conscious ready-to-wear designer based in both Doha and Beirut. In 2016 upon his graduation from Creative Space Beirut, a progressive fashion school that offers free design education, Roni showcased his collections at Fashion Forward Dubai for two seasons under the patronage of Rabih Kayrouz and the Starch Foundation. In 2017 Roni was awarded the Boghossian Foundation Fashion Prize. His previous works were displayed at Les Nouveaux Créateurs in Paris as part of Exposition Mode Émergente du Monde Arabe, co-curated by Institut du Monde Arabe. Roni was also a finalist at the International Fashion Showcase at Somerset House in London and displayed his FW '19 collection as part of London Fashion Week. Later that year, Roni was named RTW winner of the first edition of Fashion Trust Arabia (FTA) and presented his collection in New York. Furthermore, the brand's SS20 and RH’20/21 collections were exhibited respectively at Paris and Milan Fashion Weeks. Roni dedicates his personal time to activism mainly in sustainability, animal and human rights and often collaborates with like-minded people and initiatives to achieve those goals.