New York Fashion Week Fall 2010: Rodarte

Posted by fashionentrepreneurreport On Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Laura and Kate Mulleavy put their artistic brains to work again absorbing their landscape (a common theme as it is usually their travels, literature or art that inspires their collections) this time with a Mexican theme of vintage lace, floral chiffons, burnout velvets and hand-wovens blanket type textiles all draped and layerd and tattered across the models bodies like nomads whose clothing has seen the sun, moon and stars. Beautiful and strong in expression, the craftsmanship was there but the saleability is difficult to see. Chances are good the collection will be re-worked for buyers. But people come to fashion week for vision inspiration and a “show” and again they were given what they wanted from Rodarte.

- Lynn Furge