R&C PROJECTS

Collaborating with artists and fostering creative expression through new opportunities lies at the core of the brand’s vision.

Founded in 1997 by partners Sonja Rubin and Kip Chapelle, Rubin&Chapelle emerged as pioneers in New York’s burgeoning Meatpacking district, opening their first retail space there in 2002. Both designers are members of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and have received numerous awards and nominations, including honors from Fashion Group International, the Smithsonian Institution, a Senatorial Citation, and the City of Vienna, Austria. Their collections have been featured in exhibitions at the MAK Museum in Vienna, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, and the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Their garments also belong to the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum at FIT.

Central to Rubin & Chapelle’s ethos is R&C Projects, a platform for collaboration with living artists. Through this initiative, the brand integrates artistic expression into its designs by hosting exhibitions in its boutiques and inviting artists to create bespoke patterns and textile prints. Past collaborators include Gregory Coates, Helga Davis, Berta Fischer, Mia Enell, Angelo Flaccavento, Axel Koschier, Edmundo de Marchena, Joseph Montgomery, Marcel Odenbach, Kottie Paloma, Hermes Payrhuber, Steven Rose, Aura Rosenberg, Semjon H.N. Semjon, Tamar Halpern, Wolfgang Stiller, Kara Walker, Atalay Yavuz, and many more.

Exhibitions

- Tamar Halpern (Oct 2024 - Nov 2024) Madison Avenue, “What is the Meaning”

- Marcel Odenbach (May 2024 - June 2024) Madison Avenue, “Break apart”

- Anna Ostoya( Oct 2024 - Nov 2023) ) Madison Avenue, “Lee” reading by Alaina C. Feldman

- Aura Rosenberg (May 2023 - June 2023) Madison Avenue, “Marbles” performance by Helga Davis

- Axel Kosher (Oct 2022 - Nov 2022) Madison Avenue, “Volumen”

- Mia Enell (May 2022 - June 2022) Madison Avenue, “One Sculpture & Two Drawings”

- Mia Enell (May 2021 - June 2021) Malibu, “Regardless”

- Axel Koschier, Stefan Reiterer (May 2019 - June 2019) Highline Studio, “No Title”

- AtalayYavuz (March 2018 - May 2018) Highline Studio, “How to Make the Perfect Crème Brûlée”

- Joseph Montgomery, Steven Rose (Sept 2018 - Oct 2018) Highline Studio, “Destijlife”

- Lisa Johnson (Mar - May 2017) Malibu, “Guitars”

- Edwin Michael (Jun - Oct 2016) Malibu, “Textures”

- Edmundo de Marchena (May - Jun 2012) Meatpacking District, Unr

- Mia Enell (May - Jun 2011) Meatpacking District, “Peace in Flux”

- Hermes Payrhuber (May - Jun 2010) , Meatpacking District, ”No Comment / Blindfold”

- Kottie Paloma (Mar - Apr 2009) Meatpacking District, “Sculptures”

- Gregory Coates (Mar - Jun 2007) Meatpacking District “Sculptures”

- Wolfgang Stiller ( May - April 2006) Meatpacking district, “Matchstickmen”

- Semjon HN Semjon (May - June 2005) Meatpacking District, “Rosegarten”