Richard Chai

Richard Chai receives applause at the conclusion of his Fall/Winter 2010 show at New York Fashion Week, February 2010.

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

• 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

• Korean Americans in New York City

References

1. "Richard Chai". New York. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
2. Cho, Ines (November 14, 2006). "Q&A with Richard Chai, New York designer". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
3. Binkley, Christina (September 12, 2009). "Love Is in thé Air". Wall Street Journal. New York. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
4. (en) The designer R. Chai, CR7 Underwear website
5. (en) The designer R. Chai, CR7 Shirts website
6. "buildingfashion.org". Building Fashion. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
7. "Spilios Gianakopoulos". Retrieved June 24, 2011.
8. "Building Fashion at HL23". Building Fashion. October 27, 2010. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
9. "HL23 MCNY". Retrieved June 24, 2011.
10. Bruce Pask (October 21, 2010). "The Ice Age". New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
11. Wilson, Eric (September 4, 2010). "Asian-Americans Climb Fashion Industry Ladder". The New York Times.

External links

• Official website
• Richard Chai at FMD
• Richard Chai bio unofficial