………………………Ralph Perillo is one of the sweetest, gentlest people I have ever met. He is also one of the KINDEST people I have ever known, and in a world like today….where kindness is at a minimum….Ralph Perillo is the GOLD STANDARD…….Ralph used to work at Anne Klein when I was the designer. He was a salesman, and used to present the collection to the buyers. He used to treat the clothes like they were his babies. The buyers he worked with adored him……Everyone loved Ralph then and they still do……Sweeney is Ralph’s partner and they have been together for over 40 years!!!!!…..Ralph did the tulip drawings for Jac and I in 1991. I want Ralph and Sweeney to know I still have and treasure them. On the back of one Ralph wrote with a gold pen [very Ralph]…….” Dear Louis and Jac, You both will always have my heart and soul…….Love always Ralph, Sweeney, and Skyler [their dog]…..The picture of the Frida Kahlo like portrait was done by Sweeney. It is a tiny sweet little painting…….There is a naivete to Ralph’s work that is so disarming and charming. I truly believe Ralph is more talented than he realizes, and I hope he is still doing his paintings!. He is still close with some of the Anne Klein gang, but I haven’t seen or spoken to many of them in years. Our only connection is face book. I would love to see them especially RALPH AND GIVE HIM A BIG HUG….I want Ralph to know he too will always be a part of Jac and my heart and soul.
