Richard Chai is an American

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Career

Chai creates clothes for an

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ous label. Before launching his own line, he designed for

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, and

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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

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Collaborations

Richard Chai partnered with design firm

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for a new

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store underneath the Highline at 504 West 24th Street in

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. The project entitled "Building Fashion" and conceived b
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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.

Awards and nominations

*2008 CFDA/

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Fashion Fund top 10 finalists *2010

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Designer of the Year – Men's Wear

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Career

Collaborations

Awards and nominations

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