Richard Chai
American fashion designer
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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]