Rodarte Collaborated With Starbucks on a Holiday Collection
Rodarte for Opening Ceremony? Obviously. Rodarte for Black Swan? Why not. Rodarte for Target? Sure. Gotta make money somehow. Rodarte for Starbucks? Umm…what?
Kate Mulleavy
Thursday October 11th, 2012
Friday October 5th, 2012
Watch Raf Simons Explain His Dior Collection, Chanel Launches a New Website, and Julianne Moore’s Cartier Jewelry Gets Stolen
Is it a dress? A jacket? A dracket? Raf Simons talks us through the “undefinable” Dior Spring 2013 collection. {The Cut}
We get it, Christina Hendricks is curvy. She’s sick of talking about it, too. Watch her shut down a reporter who calls her “full-figured.” Cringe. {HuffPo}
Now you can take a tour “Inside Chanel.” The label’s new website provides an in depth timeline of the life of founder Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel including original short films. {Inside Chanel}
Friday September 28th, 2012
Who Should Design for the New Schiaparelli? Our Suggestions
Our list is a mix of rumored candidates, speculations and suggestions from other editors and designers, and some people we just think might be interesting.
Friday June 17th, 2011
Rodarte Creates a One-Off Collection for Pitti W, Launches Their New Book
For their site-specific event at Pitti Immagine, which took place last night, the Rodarte sisters–Kate and Laura Mulleavy–chose an empty building in central Florence. This served as a space for 10 couture-quality gowns, inspired by Fra Angelico’s frescoes in the monks’ cells at the Convent of San Marco, as well as Bernini’s The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. The tiny rooms–set up like cells–featured strobe lights and classical music such as “Pachelbel’s Canon,” setting a solemn, intense mood. The Mulleavys worked with longtime collaborator, designer Alexandre de Betak, to build the installation.
The capsule, created in Los Angeles, stands apart from the designers’ other collections. “It’s completely separate,” Laura said at a press preview yesterday morning. “We wanted to include what we love about the city, about the fashion.”
Tuesday February 15th, 2011
Rodarte Fall 2011: Cornsilk and Prairie Girls
This season, there have been quite a few designers inspired by the prairie look of the 1970s. At Rodarte, the Mulleavy sisters skipped over Gunne Sax and went straight to the source, creating a modern Little House on the Prairie wardrobe that would make romantic fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder swoon.
We know we did. Building on last season’s old-timey collection, the designers took their abstract idea of patchwork in a more literal direction, with cut-out calico triangle tops paired with classic circle skirts.
Wednesday May 5th, 2010
Learning the Art of Rodarte
Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte are fashion’s most famous sisters. From their nearly telepathic communication with each other, to their unusually intimate inspiration, the Mulleavys have built a Rodarte cult including fashion’s most elite and influential. Last night at FIT, Kate and Laura spoke at length about their brand. Hearing them talk about their Read more →
Monday January 11th, 2010
Mid-Day Snack
A Model Engagement: MTV VJ Ruby Rose announced her engagement to Catherine McNeil on Facebook this weekend. But who, we wonder, gets to make the dress. And when will we get Cat back on the runways? {SydneyHerald} Rodarte Talk: Amanda Fortini profiles Kate and Laura Mulleavy in this week’s New Yorker. She writes nothing new Read more →
Thursday November 12th, 2009
“Our Dad said If we used our own last name for our brand, we might be mistaken for an Irish pub.”—Kate Mulleavy at the press conference for the 10th Anniversary of Swiss Textiles (via Business of Fashion’s Twitter)
Friday October 9th, 2009
10 Questions for Project Runway
1. Nina, can you hear me? 2. Lifetime, you’re kidding about those “most talked about season” commercials, yes? 3. As far as bridal challenges go, could you have picked a worse week editorially? Nope! 4. The rest of you also thought Tamara was going to be a bigger bitch, right? 5. Would Anja have totally Read more →
Wednesday August 5th, 2009
Rodarte Hits the Bullseye
WWD’s “Rodarte a ‘GO’ With Target’ headline made us fall out of bed with shock. Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the Pasadena based sisters who took home this year’s CFDA award for womenswear, have designed a 55-piece holiday collection for Target’s GO International (not Designer Collaborations like McQueen). The clothes launch December 20th and range from Read more →
