Richard Chai

Richard Chai is an American fashion designer.

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

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