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He's dressed Lee Radziwill and Whoopi
Goldberg, Gwyneth Paltrow and Patti
Smith - and Andre Leon Talley. He's been
the subject of an exhibition at the
Fashion Institute of Technology Museum
and his gowns are in the the permanent
collections of the Costume Institute of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
De Young Museum in San Francisco and the
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
A documentary on his life, narrated by
Martha Stewart, premiered on the
Sundance Channel. He's twice been
nominated for the CFDA Womenswear
Designer of the Year Award - and in
2002, he became the first American in
sixty years to be invited by the French
Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to
show his couture collection in Paris.
The man is Ralph Rucci, the man behind
the luxury line of clothing known as
Chado Ralph Rucci - and this year, in
honor of Rucci's connection to French
haute couture, the Philadelphia
International Festival of the Arts will
bestow Rucci with its Visionary Award
for Fashion at a signature Fashion Show
at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center on the
8th of April, 2011.
A native of Philadelphia and a graduate
of Philly's Temple University (with a
degree in philosophy), Rucci represents
some of the best of what PIFA celebrates
during the course of its three-week
reign in Philadelphia: the innovation
and creativity that infuses all forms of
art. As well as a fashion designer,
Rucci is a highly-regarded painter whose
work has been exhibited in galleries
throughout the States.
PIFA's Fashion Show will also include
student designs from the fashion
departments of four of Philadelphia's
universities - all of them competing for
an internship at Chado Ralph Rucci in
New York. The evening's grande finale
will be an exhibition of Rucci's
designs.
Fashion people everywhere, listen up:
this isn't some television show; this
isn't Project Runway. This is the real
thing. Get thee to Philly for PIFA's
Fashion Show on the 8th of April.
DETAILS:
April 8, 2011 @ 8 pm,
Commonwealth Plaza, Kimmel Center for
the Performing Arts
300 Broad Street, Philadelphia
Tickets: $25 - $100
http://www.pifa.org/events/980195064
The full slate of PIFA programming,
including food and fashion events can be
accessed via
www.pifa.org and at the
Kimmel Center Box Office. Tickets to
individual performances and events can
be purchased on the PIFA website, in
person at the Kimmel Center Box Office,
or by phone at 215-546-PIFA. Tickets are
priced by individual presenting
organizations, ranging from FREE to the
public to $125. For the most up to date
information, visit
www.pifa.org.
Second in a series of features about
the Philadelphia International Festival
of the Arts (PIFA), continuing through
May 1 with the support of PIFA.
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