Exhibition

Chado Ralph Rucci
Broadbent Gallery, November 17, 2005, to April 23, 2006
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
   
   

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Black hammered silk satin pajamas
Style from the first Ralph Rucci Collection in 1981, reproduced from the original pattern in 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Ivory cotton plain-weave dress with “Calligraphy” print worn with a black elastic belt trimmed in printed fabric
Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 1985
Lent by Mrs. Rita Perrault-Davis
Web entry only
Not on display in the exhibition

Peach wool twill bodice, jacket, pants and sash
Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 1986
Lent by Mrs. Ronnie Perrault-Davis
Web entry only
Not on display in the exhibition

Black cashmere jersey turtleneck with gold silk and wool satin sleeve
Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 1986
Collection of Mrs. Robert Martinson

Black cashmere jersey sweater with taupe silk and wool
satin insets worn with taupe wool gabardine skirt
Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 1986
Lent by Vivian Van Natta

Left: "Ascension" skirt in hand-screened cotton faille
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2000
Lent by Mrs. Diane Halle
Right: Black double-faced cashmere brushed-twill "Infinity" print shirt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2002
From the just Torie Collection

Black double-faced wool crepe "Eclipse Trapeze" dress with "articulations"
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2000
Lent by Ms. Coco Mitchell

Light brown ostrich leather jacket
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2000
Anonymous loan
Web entry only
Not on display in the exhibition

Chartreuse green double-faced cashmerebrushed-twill "Pagoda" tunic
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2002
Lent by Ms. Coco Mitchell\

Ivory double-faced cashmere brushed-twill
jacket with hand-painted design
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2003
Anonymous loan

Ivory double-faced silk and wool twill dress and coat with brown insets
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Ivory double-faced cashmere brushed-twill jacket and skirt with cutwork
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Pin-tucked blouse in silk charmeuse with hand-printed Renaissance motif
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2003
From the just Torie Collection

Taupe double-faced cashmere brushed-twill jacket and skirt with taupe leather insets on jacket
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2003
Anonymous loan

Alabaster double-faced cashmere brushed-twill "Concentric" jacket
with grey silk gazar insets worn with alabaster wool gabardine pants
and cashmere wool and silk sweater
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2003
Lent by Mrs. Diane Halle

Chocolate brown double-faced cashmere brushed-twill
jacket with black silk and leather embroidery
Chado Ra lph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2003
Private collection
Worn with a black lambskin skirt
Chado Ra lph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Chocolate brown silk gazar jacket with leather and suede
basket-weave style embroidery worn with brown suede pants
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci
"Forbidden City" jacket in ivory and black double-faced silk and
wool twill with black double-faced silk and wool twill skirt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2004
Anonymous loan

Navy double-faced cashmere brushed-twill jacket with cutwork
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2004
From the just Torie Collection

Vanilla double-faced wool barathea jacket and pants
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Clear polyurethane rain jacket
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Web entry only
Not on display in the exhibition

Black double-faced wool crepe "Trellis" dress with printed silk chiffon lining and stole
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Oatmeal embroidered double-faced cashmere brushed-twill jacket and skirt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Taupe cashmere and silk jersey dress
Taupe double-bonded cashmere and silk jersey coat
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Chocolate brown alligator tunic worn with an embroidered silk scarf
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004, Collection of Susan Casden
Black silk marquisette skirt trimmed with chocolate brown alligator strips.
Ensemble worn with chocolate brown alligator hat, boots by
Manolo Blahnik for Ralph Rucci and gloves by Daniel Storto for Ralph Rucci
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004, Collection of Ralph Rucci

Taupe double-faced cashmere brushed-twill embroidered coat, taupe cashmere
brushed-flannel pants and taupe bodice with alligator strips on netting
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Black silk twil pants
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci

White sheer and heavy silk jersey and cotton piqué dress with under-skirts trimmed in white frayed silk and apple green feathers
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2005
Lent by Mrs. Barbara P. Hackett
Ivory double-faced silk and wool twill jacket and skirt with orange "suspension" insets
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Orange double-faced wool twill dress with "suspension" insets and enameled belt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Black wool crepe "suspension" dress
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Ivory cashmere and silk jersey sweater and ivory wool gabardine pants
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Lavender double-faced cashmere brushed-twill jacket with scarf neckline
and “suspension” insets worn with a matching skirt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci


   

 

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