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subscribe to style file blog via RSSRichard Chai’s Little Secret
August 4, 2010 2:22 pm
Richard Chai recently sat down with GQ.com to let the world in on his 10 essentials—the products he just can’t live without. And while many of the CFDA Swarovski Award winner’s picks are what you might expect (pants from his own line, cologne from his brother Eddy’s store, Odin), he’s got a great tip about socks—yes, socks. Hosiery made more of a splash than we were expecting at the Fall shows (like these great, cabled knee-high socks at Prada), and Chai’s found some great ones. His picks are space-dyed, recycled yarn pairs from Muji, the Japanese retailer that keeps a few New York outposts and is better known for its sleek office supplies. (Highbrow seal of approval: They’re stocked at the MoMA Design Store.) “It’s a space-dyed yarn, so when they’re knit, the socks look almost like a Missoni sweater,” Chai told GQ. “I wear them all year round, even under chunkier socks in the wintertime.” And unlike a Missoni sweater, they’re $17.50 for five pairs at www.muji.us.
tags: Missoni, Muji, Richard Chai
