Tag: Claude Morais

Ruffian On Approach

“We wanted to take couture to the street… dress our friends,” said Brian Wolk, co-designer with Claude Morais, of Ruffian. By the look of the Spring 2013 collection, they could be friends with Marie Antoinette, if she was around now and living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ruffian’s exuberant, frothy, pastel collection was marched down the runway by models wearing the streetest of NYC footwear, Chuck Taylors – and if not for these solid sneakers grounding the wildly feminine clothes, they might have floated up and away.

story by Lisa Radano
photos by Rachel Reneé

“We wanted to take couture to the street… dress our friends,” said Brian Wolk, co-designer with Claude Morais, of Ruffian. By the look of the Spring 2013 collection, they could be friends with Marie Antoinette, if she was around now and living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ruffian’s exuberant, frothy, pastel collection was marched down the runway by models wearing the streetest of NYC footwear, Chuck Taylors – and if not for these solid sneakers grounding the wildly feminine clothes, they might have floated up and away. Continue reading “Ruffian On Approach”

Ruffian – Spring 2011 – New York

Ruffian’s Spring 2011 collection was a treatise on the warrior female. The dynamic duo of Brian Wolk and Claude Morais looked specifically to Susan Tavers, the only woman who served in the French Foreign Legion. Military and safari abounded, with huge square-pocketed cropped jackets with strong shoulders and muslin silk leopard-print tops that hearkened back to an era when Annie Hall roamed Manhattan.

story by Michael Fragoso
photos by Sandy Ramirez

Ruffian’s Spring 2011 collection was a treatise on the warrior female. The dynamic duo of Brian Wolk and Claude Morais looked specifically to Susan Tavers, the only woman who served in the French Foreign Legion. Military and safari abounded, with huge square-pocketed cropped jackets with strong shoulders and muslin silk leopard-print tops that hearkened back to an era when Annie Hall roamed Manhattan. Gold-buttoned crisp white shirts, lots of strong high waisted billowy pants and a few cocktail dresses worthy of the chicest military gal (complete with her strappy heels courtesy of Manolo Blahnik). Continue reading “Ruffian – Spring 2011 – New York”