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Article: RALPH RUCCI HONORED BY DREXEL UNIVERSITY.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- May 26, 2005
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Byline: Kathleen Nicholson Webber
PHILADELPHIA - For a designer who paints his own prints, the Philadelphia Museum of Art proved a fitting spot to receive the sixth annual Crystal Star Award for design excellence from Drexel University.
Ralph Rucci, returning to his hometown, was lauded by a crowd of 450 design devotees this month. It was the first time the event was held outside the university. Past winners of the award, designed by Tiffany & Co., include Bill Blass, Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera.
Rucci used the backdrop of the museum's Great Stairs to mount a dramatic tableau of 42 mannequins dressed in clothes from his couture and ...