Formerly of the Heatherette duo, Richie Rich went solo for this year's New York Fashion Week and threw together an announced-at-the-last-minute runway show populated by the usual suspects.
Rich did an interview with BlackBook earlier this week and talked about his most recent endeavor:
"I want it to be in malls and I want kids to buy it. Even if you're not a teenager, but you have that young-at-heart feeling. I want it to be more accessible. Look, I'm not trying to be Versace. That's not really my market. It's kind of like pop music—I want it to be fun and it's not going to break the bank. You get a piece of the happiness…I've always been really in-tune with Marilyn Monroe. She's always been an icon to me. Her presence has always been there in my designs. Anna Nicole Smith did “Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend” on the runway. My friend, Amanda Lepore, was Monroe in one of my shows. So this show is based, loosely, around Marie Antoinette meets Marilyn Monroe—but modern."
He also talks about his experience with Heatherette: "I had a lot of bad experiences with Heatherette, with investors trying to take advantage of Traver and me. They really tried to ruin our lives. We had to go to court, deal with lawsuits, that kind of thing. It's amazing to me how greedy people are. And it's amazing to me to see how people can be so insensitive. But there's no bad blood between Traver and me, there was never a falling out. I'm excited to be on my own now. I don't have to answer to any other people. I'm doing what I believe in and if two people show up to the show, well, at least they'll know I did it."
A clip of the show, AFTER THE JUMP…
