Richard Chai is an American fashion designer.
Career edit
Chai creates clothes for an eponymous label.[1][2] Before launching his own line, he designed for Marc by Marc Jacobs,[3] and Cristiano Ronaldo for two labels, for underwear and socks from 2013[4] and then for shirts from 2014.[5]
In 2008, he released a capsule line under Target's Go International.
Collaborations edit
Richard Chai partnered with design firm Snarkitecture for a new pop-up retail store underneath the Highline at 504 West 24th Street in Manhattan. The project entitled "Building Fashion"[6] and conceived by BOFFO and Spilios Gianakopoulos[7] aimed to promote collaborations between architecture and fashion. Snarkitecture's installation[8][9] re-imagined the retail interior as a glacial cavern, hand carved from EPS foam. The store carried Chai's men's and women's collections and was open for 10 days in October 2010.[10]
Awards and nominations edit
- 2008 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund top 10 finalists
- 2010 Council of Fashion Designers of America Designer of the Year – Men's Wear[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Richard Chai". New York. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ Cho, Ines (November 14, 2006). "Q&A with Richard Chai, New York designer". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ Binkley, Christina (September 12, 2009). "Love Is in thé Air". Wall Street Journal. New York. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ (en) The designer R. Chai, CR7 Underwear website
- ^ (en) The designer R. Chai, CR7 Shirts website
- ^ "buildingfashion.org". Building Fashion. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
- ^ "Spilios Gianakopoulos". Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ "Building Fashion at HL23". Building Fashion. October 27, 2010. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
- ^ "HL23 MCNY". Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- ^ Bruce Pask (October 21, 2010). "The Ice Age". New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
- ^ Wilson, Eric (September 4, 2010). "Asian-Americans Climb Fashion Industry Ladder". The New York Times.