Chai delivered well-constructed jackets while retaining playful volumes in the pants, i.e., a plaid, wide-legged wool suit.

Richard Chai mainly stuck to a gray palette with some strong outerwear pieces — a peacoat with a raised belt and plaids on a parachute coat looked fresh.

Richard Chai has an intriguing way of creating slouchy ease with cotton wovens.

In his men’s wear collection, Richard Chai dropped sporty volumes and limited his youthful proportion play to variations of length.

In what was only his second men’s presentation, Richard Chai again showed his impressive grasp of volume and youthful proportion.

Chai gamely set the laid-back tone right with the first look: bucket shorts and a rumpled balmacaan jacket tossed over a henley tank.

The most famous mannequin at the launch of Richard Chai’s new line, Love, wasn’t walking the runway, but sitting in the front row.

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