Richard Chai Explained
Richard Chai is an American fashion designer.
Career
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
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
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Richard Chai. New York. 2011-06-24.
- News: Q&A with Richard Chai, New York designer . Korea JoongAng Daily . Cho . Ines . November 14, 2006 . 2019-03-24.
- News: Love Is in thé Air. Wall Street Journal. New York. September 12, 2009. Christina. Binkley. 2011-06-24.
- (en) The designer R. Chai, CR7 Underwear website
- (en) The designer R. Chai, CR7 Shirts website
- Web site: buildingfashion.org. 2010-10-27. Building Fashion.
- Web site: Spilios Gianakopoulos. 2011-06-24.
- Web site: Building Fashion at HL23. 2010-10-27. Building Fashion. October 27, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110625020544/http://www.boffo-ny.org/building-fashion/richard-chai-snarkitecture/. June 25, 2011. mdy-all.
- Web site: HL23 MCNY. 2011-06-24.
- News: The Ice Age. October 21, 2010. 2010-10-27. Bruce Pask. New York Times.
- News: Asian-Americans Climb Fashion Industry Ladder. The New York Times. Eric. Wilson. September 4, 2010.
