CHADO RALPH RUCCI – MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK SPRING 2012 COLLECTIONS
Ralph Rucci is an American fashion designer and artist.[1] He is known in particular for Chado Ralph Rucci, a luxury clothing and accessories line.[2] Rucci’s clothing designs have appeared in a number of major exhibitions, and he has won some significant fashion-industry awards. He is the subject of a recent documentary, and he and his clothing have received positive critical response in the fashion press.
Chado Ralph Rucci
Rucci launched the Chado Ralph Rucci line in 1994, “chado” coming from the Japanese tea ceremony noted for its attention to detail, exactitude, sense of austere style, and expertise on the part of the practitioner.[12]
According to Cathy Horyn of The New York Times, “Mr. Rucci’s clothes have a devotion to elegance that can feel as pitiless as a sermon on a hot summer day,” while Robin Givhan of The Washington Post wrote that “Rucci’s clothes are aspirational in every sense of the word. They ooze luxury from 100 paces, yet they are not ostentatious. They look expensive because every seam is perfect, every button exactly placed, every skirt has just the right lift. No dress of his would dare wrinkle.”
Rucci’s gowns are included in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix, and Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, among others.
