Exhibition

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

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Black silk jersey assymetrical gown
First Ralph Rucci Collection, 1981
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Black silk faille "Swan" gown
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 1996
Lent by Mrs. Rita Perrault-Davis

Ivory silk twill gown with jade buttons
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 1995
Lent by Mrs. Rita Perrault-Davis
Black synthetic laminate "Cardinal" coat trimmed in black silk gazar
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 1997
Lent by Mrs. Rita Perrault-Davis
Chartreuse green hammered silk satin gown
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2000
Lent by Ms. Judith-Ann Corrente
Black silk gazar "Medici" Infanta gown with brown alligator bodice and cuffs
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2000
Anonymous loan
Chocolate brown silk gazar "Swan" gown with alligator strapless bodice
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2000
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Bronze duchess satin embroidered "Samurai" bodice
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2001
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Web entry only
Not on display in the exhibition

"Watteau Swan" gown in chocolate brown and violet silk duchess satin
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2001
Collection of Ralph Rucci

"Twombly Swan" white silk gazar gown with embroidery and beading by Lesage
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2002
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Cinnabar ostrich leather and silk duchess satin Infanta gown
with quilted sections worn with a cinnabar ostrich leather jacket
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2002
On loan from Mrs. Becca Cason Thrash
Cinnabar silkduchess satin "Pagoda" coat and pants
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2002
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Olive green silk duchess satin zipper-front Infanta gown
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2002
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Black silk sheer jersey pleated bodice
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Chocolate brown beaded broadtail skirt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2002
Lent by Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr.

"Pauline" tunic in black silk cigalline and gazar with appliqued
hand-looped ribbons worn with black silk velvet pants
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2002
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Oxblood "Chinoiserie" beaded silk gazar gown
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2002
Anonymous loan
Web entry only
Not on display in the exhibition

Black opaque cashmere and silk jersey turtleneck with sheer cashmere and silk jersey sections
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Ivory and yellow silk duchess satin Infanta skirt with embroidery
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2003
On loan from Mrs. Becca Cason Thrash

Celadon green paper taffeta "Han Dynasty" gown with copper insets
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Ivory silk organza gown, hand-painted and embroidered
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Taupe, gray and white gown of multi-layered silk chiffon with braided bodice
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

White silk gabardine gown with organza insets
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Alabaster hand-knotted silk jersey gown
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Ivory double-faced wool and silk crepe gown with seventh-century jade buckle
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Lent by Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr.

Ivory silk crepe gown with embroidered and beaded silk chiffon upper bodice
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Ivory silk crepe gown with ribbonwork hand-embroidery and faille belt and shoulder strap
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Dark green silk jersey “Trapeze” gown with black sheer silk jersey inset
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2003
Collection of Mrs. Robert Martinson

Black lace, silk faille moiré, organza and cigalline Infanta gown
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Black silk sheer jersey pleated bodice worn with a
black silk duchess satin skirt with hand-bleached brush stroke designs
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Parrot green silk duchess satin evening coat and pants
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2003
Collection of Ralph Rucci

White silk duchess satin jacket trimmed with lily of the valley worn with matching pants
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Private Collection

Taupe silk chiffon short evening dress trimmed with feathers
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Mushroom silk faille evening coat
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Black silk point d'esprit Infanta bodice and skirt trimmed with burnt ostrich feathers
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2004
Anonymous loan

Tie insets Infanta gown in white, black, and apple green silk duchess satin
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Taupe ombré silk chiffon pants and frayed hem tunic with braided straping
Chado Ra lph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Alabaster silk faille Infanta gown with braided belt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Far left: Black silk jersey gown with sheer pleated upper bodice and heavy skirt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004, Collection of Ralph Rucci
Middle: "Monolithic Vertebrae" gown in black, white and apple green
heavy silk jersey with black silk sheer jersey sleeves
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear spring/summer 2005, Collection of Ralph Rucci
Far right: "Ellsworth Kelly" gown in black silk sheer and heavy jersey with braided belt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2005, Collection of Ralph Rucci

Pearl-embroidered blouse on ivory silk chiffon base
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Anonymous loan
Olive green silk gazar Infanta skirt
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Olive green silk faille moiré and alligator Infanta gown
Chado Ralph Rucci, Ready-to-wear fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Web entry only
Not on display in the exhibition

Chocolate brown wool crepe gown with beading, embroidery and thread fringe
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Olive green to black ombré silk chiffon gown with braided strapping and feather trim
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
On loan from Mrs. Becca Cason Thrash

Chocolate brown frayed silk taffeta strips in decorative plain-weave
structure used on the bias and secured with knotted leather shoulder straps
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Charcoal silk duchess satin Infanta gown
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

Black lace and silk chiffon appliqué bodice worn with a black silk
marquisette skirt trimmed with mongolian lamb and coq feathers
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture fall/winter 2004
Collection of Ralph Rucci

White silk chiffon, ruched and beaded, and quilted silk satin short evening dress
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2005
Collection of Ralph Rucci
Chocolate brown and mocha ombré silk chiffon gown and
stole with frayed silk chiffon surface embelishments
Chado Ralph Rucci, Haute Couture spring/summer 2005
Collection of Tatiana Sorokko


   

 

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