With the release of his autobiography and a documentary film, it’s been quite a year for the only American couturier, Ralph Rucci. If you mention the brand Chado Ralph Rucci to women of a certain age and demographic – think Bergdorf Goodman shopping Upper East Siders – you’ll get nothing short of swoons in return.
Proof positive? I left Rucci’s new book, “Autobiography of a Fashion Designer: Ralph Rucci” in my parents’ apartment and when I came to pick it up the first thing my mother told me was that it was the reigning topic of conversation when a handful of her friends were over for coffee the day before.
One thing’s for sure it’s about time people gave the world’s most underrated couturier some attention.
