Ralph Rucci gets Lifetime Achievement Award
Huge congrats to Ralph Rucci this morning, as it’s been announced that he will be honoured with Savannah College of Art and Design’s Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award.
Other big names in fashion to be honoured with this award include Marc Jacobs, John Galliano, Manolo Blahnik, Miuccia Prada, Karl Lagerfeld, Vera Wang, and Diane von Furstenberg among others.
“I am very honoured to have been chosen to receive the ALT Lifetime Achievement Award from SCAD this year and am distinctly proud of my association with this wonderful school,” Ralph said in a statement.
“It is surely one of the most important and respected institutions of higher creative learning in America and I am grateful for this great compliment to my work and to the incomparable work of the Chado staff.”
The event takes place on May 19th, with a selection of his designs going on display too. Who else would you like to see receiving this award?
Author: Maria Pierides
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