Rodarte is an American clothing brand created in 2005 by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. They grew up in California and were interested in fashion from a young age. After graduating from college, they taught themselves design and created their first 10 looks in 2005. They showed their collection in New York City and were quickly picked up by major retailers. Their designs appeared on magazine covers and they won several fashion awards in subsequent years. Rodarte has become known for its unique aesthetic inspired by films and nature.

2. Rodarte - american clothing brand, created by sisters Kate &
Laura Mulleavy in 2005.
Sisters Kate and Laura were born in 1980 and 1981, grew up in
California in a family of the artist and the scientist. In school they
loved coming up outfits and clothing for dolls. Every year more
and more addicted sister design work. Sew girls never learn,
both graduated from the University of California: Kate studied
art history 19-20 centuries, and Laura - literature. After
graduation, they went back to his home, where he self-study
books on tailoring clothes, parallel Watch your favorite horror
movies and anime.

3. Sisters Mulleavy
Vogue, september 2012

4. In the spring of 2005 at his sister's kitchen table Mallivi manually created ten
models (7 dreses and 3 coats), stuffed their bags and left for New York. At the
time of created the brand they were 26 and 25 years. The name of brand they
call of the maiden name of the mother. To start your own company, Laura had
to sell her first iPod, and Kate - a collection of old records.
The girls showed at a week own small collection of executives of major New York
department store Bergdorf Goodman, Barneys, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom,
as well as all the major fashion-editors. Anna Wintour personally gave sisters
some advice on the development of the brand. Soon Rodarte clothing appeared
on the cover of Women's Wear Daily. After that, the girls presented their
collections autumn-winter 2005 at Fashion Week in New York.

5. In 2006, the sisters were nominated for the prize of the Council of Fashion
Designers of America.
After a trip to Japan in 2007, the jury nominates them for the prize of the
Council of Fashion Designers of America. Brand Gap is also a member of
the fund, and soon Laura and Kate get a proposal to develop a line of
clothes for Gap called Gap Design Editions, with the result that was
released a collection of white shirts, publicated on pages Vogue.
In 2008, the sisters win CFDA / Swarovski Award for his collection of jewelry.

6. Rodarte Spring 2011

7. Details

8. Elle Fanning – muse.