Richard Chai
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Richard Chai is an American fashion designer. Chai creates clothes for an eponymous label. Before launching his own line, he designed for Marc by Marc Jacobs.

In 2008, he released a capsule line under Target's Go International
Go International
Go International is a Target Corporation store brand that focuses on affordable apparel and accessories for women. Each season is created by a different designer who is already well known for their high-end collections and is only available for 90 days from its release.-Designers:*Fiorucci *Luella...

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Collaborations

Richard Chai partnered with design firm Snarkitecture
Snarkitecture
Snarkitecture is a Brooklyn, New York based collaborative practice founded by Daniel Arsham and Alex Mustonen.-About:Snarkitecture's work is focused on designing within existing spaces or collaboration with other artists and designers. They aim to reuse or misuse existing architecture to make...

 for a new pop-up retail store underneath the Highline at 504 West 24th Street, NY. The project entitled "Building Fashion" and conceived by BOFFO and Spilios Gianakopoulos aimed to promote collaborations between architecture and fashion. Snarkitecture's installation 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.

Awards and nominations

  • 2008 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund top 10 finalists
  • 2010 Council of Fashion Designers of America
    Council of Fashion Designers of America
    The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. is a not-for-profit trade association of over 350 of America’s foremost fashion and accessory designers. As of 2009, Diane von Fürstenberg is the group's President and Steven Kolb is the Executive Director...

    Designer of the Year - Men's Wear

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