[1][2] The family business began with Nick and Lee Pucci in 1954 repairing mannequins in their Mount Vernon, NY basement.
[6][7] Due to the waning retail world during the COVID pandemic, RALPH PUCCI International was able to maintain its sculpting and manufacturing capabilities in the heart of Manhattan by pivoting the skills of the factory to produce in-house furniture and lighting designs in a material called Plasterglass.
What began as a family business in the 1950s fabricating mannequins has grown to a gallery and showroom, with outposts in Miami and Los Angeles[11] and a pop-up in London's Mayfair neighborhood that ran from 2022-2023.
Now in its third generation, with siblings Michael and Nicole Pucci steering the business towards its seventh generation, the company continues to pioneer both collectible editions by artists like Herve Van Der Straeten, Xavier Lust and Stefan Bishop, and in-house collections, pivoting the manufacturing skills of the mannequin craftsmen into new designs made in the Manhattan headquarters on 18th Street.
[13] [14] In 2016, the Museum of the City of New York presented Ralph Pucci with its City of Design Award which recognizes it says “those who have made New York the design capital of the world and inspire future generations of designers.” [15] Pucci was the recipient of the Creative Innovation Award from Inner-City Arts in Los Angeles in 2013,[16][17] and, in 2014, honored by the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club.