Rodarte

Fashion Designer

Rodarte is an American brand founded by sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy in 2005. Both sisters attended UC Berkley - Kate majored in Art History with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century art, while Laura studied Literature and the Modern Novel. After graduation, they both returned to their home in Pasadena, California where they formally launched Rodarte.

After finding success with their first collection of ten pieces in New York, they followed their first season with a 16-piece collection, which won them the 2006 Eco Domani Fashion Foundation Award. Rodarte took part in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition, in which they were runners up.

Rodarte was nominated for the CFDA Swarovski Womenswear Designer in 2006 and 2007, and won the award in 2008. They became members of the CFDA in 2007. Rodarte’s designs have been acquired by museums such as the FIT and the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The sisters designed the costumes for the Oscar-nominated film Black Swan and in 2017 released a film starring Kirsten Dunst entitled Woodshock.

Rodarte is an American brand founded by sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy in 2005. Both sisters attended UC Berkley - Kate majored in Art History with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century art, while Laura studied Literature and the Modern Novel. After graduation, they both returned to their home in Pasadena, California where they formally launched Rodarte.

After finding success with their first collection of ten pieces in New York, they followed their first season with a 16-piece collection, which won them the 2006 Eco Domani Fashion Foundation Award. Rodarte took part in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition, in which they were runners up.

Rodarte was nominated for the CFDA Swarovski Womenswear Designer in 2006 and 2007, and won the award in 2008. They became members of the CFDA in 2007. Rodarte’s designs have been acquired by museums such as the FIT and the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The sisters designed the costumes for the Oscar-nominated film Black Swan and in 2017 released a film starring Kirsten Dunst entitled Woodshock.

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