December 2011
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Choice quotes from a recent Ralph Rucci interview
You see, when I entered the profession, collections were made by professionals making clothes. Today, lending the name just for People magazine readers is the norm, and I hope it passes us quickly.”
“My clothes are not architectural. I detest when that word is used. They are biomorphic. We follow the lines of the body, and that’s why they become much more sensual.”
“I had blind ambition. I thought, ‘This is it.’ I had the tenacity and idea that I wanted to make an haute couture collection. I cut and draped the entire collection myself. I was still a kid, and they were all draped silk jerseys, bias-cut chiffons and silk raincoats on the bias. I even made the models hold books by Carl Jung, to give it a twist for those people who say, ‘Oh the clothes are overly intellectual.’ What that means, I will never know.”
“…there’s nothing as couture and as sexy as a pair of 501 jeans and a T-shirt.”
