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Richard Chai is an American
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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.
Richard Chai bio unofficial
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Richard Chai is an American fashion designer
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Career
Chai creates clothes for aneponym
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Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovati ...
ous label. Before launching his own line, he designed for Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Cristiano Ronaldo
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for two labels, for underwear and socks from 2013 and then for shirts from 2014.
In 2008, he released a capsule line under Target's Go International.
Collaborations
Richard Chai partnered with design firmSnarkitecture
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for a new pop-up retail
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store underneath the Highline at 504 West 24th Street in Manhattan
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. The project entitled "Building Fashion" and conceived bBOFFO
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
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* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** '' Vogue Adria'', a fashion magazine for former Yugoslav countries
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Fashion Fund top 10 finalists
*2010 Council of Fashion Designers of America
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Designer of the Year – Men's Wear
See also
* Korean Americans in New York CityReferences
External links
* *Richard Chai bio unofficial
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