rodarte

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| founder = Kate Mulleavy
Laura Mulleavy

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| location_city = Los Angeles, California

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Rodarte ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|oʊ|d|ɑːr|t|eɪ}}) is an American brand of clothing and accessories founded and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy.{{cite magazine|magazine=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/18/twisted-sisters|title=Twisted Sisters|author=Fortini, Amanda|date=January 18, 2010|access-date=December 5, 2017}}

Rodarte has received a number of fashion industry awards since the line's inception in 2005.{{cite web|title=Rodarte NY Magazine Fashion Bio|url=http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/rodarte/| access-date=November 23, 2007}} In addition to their main fashion line, the sisters have also collaborated with Gap and Target on limited edition pieces.{{cite web|work=The Cut|url=https://www.thecut.com/2009/12/rodarte_for_target_1.html|date=December 3, 2009|title=The Full Rodarte for Target Look Book, With Prices|author=O'Dell, Amy|access-date=December 6, 2017}}

History

File:2009 Rodarte dress, Fall-Winter collection 01.jpg embroidered with Swarovski crystals (RISD Museum).]]

In 2002 after leaving college, the Mulleavy sisters returned home to Aptos, California, where they spent the intervening years saving up USD$16,500 in order to create a capsule collection,{{cite web|url=http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/rodarte-kate-laura-mulleavy |title=San Francisco Magazine | Modern Luxury |publisher=Sanfranmag.com |access-date=September 24, 2013}} with Laura working as a waitress and Kate selling off a collection of rare records. The label Rodarte is the original Spanish pronunciation and spelling of their mother's maiden name, Rodart.{{cite web|title=Q&A with Rodarte's Kate and Laura Mulleavy: Fabricators - Behind the cerebral and tactile couture of the Mulleavy sisters|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2011-apr-16-la-oe-morrison-rodarte-041611-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date= December 4, 2013|author=Morrison, Patt|date=April 16, 2011}}

After their initial collection of just ten pieces (which included seven dresses and two coats), the Mulleavys traveled to New York City and appeared on the cover of a February 2005 issue of Women's Wear Daily. This led to their meeting with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who personally flew to Los Angeles to meet the sisters.{{Cite news|title=The Talk; Scissor Sisters |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E0DE113CF93BA1575BC0A9639C8B63 |access-date=November 24, 2007|work = The New York Times | first=Mark | last=Jacobs | date=August 28, 2005}}

The Mulleavy sisters garnered notoriety early on for their meticulous approach to clothing, with one chiffon dress from their 2006 collection taking over 150 hours to complete. In the spring of 2007, the label released a line of limited-edition exclusive shirts in collaboration with Gap.{{cite web|work=Fashionista|url=https://fashionista.com/2007/04/cheap-rodarte-is-so-much-better|title=Cheap Rodarte Is So Much Better|date=April 18, 2007|access-date=December 6, 2017|author=Krentcil, Faran}} In December 2009, the label released another separate line of limited-edition pieces in collaboration with Target.

Style and influences

They both credit their West Coast upbringing as a major source of inspiration for their collections. The natural American landscape is of particular inspiration to the sisters.{{cite web|work=New York Magazine|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/07/rodarte-on-their-true-california-inspirations.html|title=Rodarte on their true California inspirations|author=Davis, Allison P.|date=July 3, 2013|access-date=December 4, 2017}} Rodarte's aesthetic influences have evolved since the label's establishment, with their evolution described in 2010 as "darker, their clothing riskier, more deconstructed, punk, and gothic. Each collection has been stranger than the last, influenced by anime and horror films, and elements of S & M culture." In an article published by The New Yorker, the label was described as "the fashion equivalent of a Basquiat. People in the know really love it, but to everyone else it’s inscrutable or a little bit ugly."

Museums and exhibitions

File:Backstage at Fall 2008 Rodarte fashion show.jpg

Rodarte is in the permanent collections of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,{{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress_evening_rodarte//objectview.aspx?OID=80077315&collID=8&dd1=8 |title=The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Evening dress |publisher=Metmuseum.org |date=September 16, 2013 |access-date=September 24, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/ensemble_rodarte//objectview.aspx?OID=80088349&collID=8&dd1=8 |title=The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Ensemble |publisher=Metmuseum.org |date=September 16, 2013 |access-date=September 24, 2016}} the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum in New York,{{cite web|url=http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/view/people/asitem/items$0040:5866/0?t:state:flow=bc1e48fc-ba92-47d7-ae64-778ba77dc6b1|work=The Museum at FIT|publisher=State University of New York|title=Rodarte Gown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527213147/http://www.fitnyc.edu/5360.asp|archive-date=May 27, 2010}} the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2012/03/rodarte-201203|title=The Rodarte Effect|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=February 9, 2012|access-date=November 20, 2017|author=Perez, Eugenia}} and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?keyword=rodarte |title=MFA, Boston collections search |publisher=mfa.org |access-date=2014-03-13}} Rodarte was featured in the fall 2007 exhibit BLOGMODE at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, as well as several exhibits at The Museum at FIT including Luxury in spring 2007, Gothic: Dark Glamour in fall 2008, and American Beauty: Aesthetics & Innovation in Fashion in spring 2010. Arnhem Fashion Biennale featured Rodarte vignettes in July 2007, 2009 and 2011. In 2013, the Boston Museum of Fine Art featured their Blue and White Embroidered Spring 2011 Dress and Printed shoes. For the 2013 Punk: Chaos to Couture Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute show, 4 looks of Rodarte's Spring 2009 and Fall 2008 Collections were on display.{{cite web|work=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/press_room/full_release.asp?prid=%7B9BDA9A52-D512-43E8-A216-AC7655B06ABF%7D|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501040705/http://www.metmuseum.org/press_room/full_release.asp?prid=%7B9BDA9A52-D512-43E8-A216-AC7655B06ABF%7D |archive-date=May 1, 2011|url-status=dead|title=Costume Institute Collection Database Available on Metropolitan Museum Website|date=October 2, 2008 }}[http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/PUNK PUNK: Chaos to Couture | The Metropolitan Museum of Art]{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/ming-dress-554595|title=Ming dress (Rodarte)|work=Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|access-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813224346/http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/dress-554595|archive-date=August 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}

In 2008, Rodarte was featured in Artforum, making the Mulleavy sisters the first fashion designers to be featured in the magazine since Issey Miyake in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2011/09/ready-to-wear-after-a-long-fliration-art-and-fashion-have-wed/|title=Ready to Wear: After a Long Flirtation, Art and Fashion Have Wed|work= New York Observer|access-date=December 7, 2017|author=Russeth, Andrew|date=September 20, 2011}} In February 2010, Rodarte had their first solo-exhibition, at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (the design branch of the Smithsonian Institution).{{cite web|url=http://www.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/quicktake-rodarte |title=Exhibitions Archive | Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York |publisher=Cooperhewitt.org |access-date=September 24, 2016}}

In May 2011, Rodarte contributed artworks to the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts Cell Phone Stories project. Their contribution included sketches based on artworks held in the LACMA's permanent collection.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/threadny/THREAD-Rodarte-Sketches-for-LACMA-Cell-Phone-Stories-98420089.html|work=NBC New York|title=Rodarte Sketches for LACMA "Cell Phone Stories"|author=O'Reilly, Kelly|date=July 14, 2010|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127111514/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/threadny/THREAD-Rodarte-Sketches-for-LACMA-Cell-Phone-Stories-98420089.html|archive-date=November 27, 2015}}

In February 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles opened Rodarte: States of Matter, the first West Coast museum exhibition of the Rodarte's fashion and costume designs from Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, and pieces from the film Black Swan.{{cite web |url=http://www.moca.org/audio/blog/?p=1382 |title=Previewing Rodarte: States of Matter « The Curve |publisher=MOCA |access-date=September 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110161633/http://www.moca.org/audio/blog/?p=1382 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 }}

In 2011, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) acquired the Rodarte Spring 2012 couture collection.{{cite web|url=http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/37903/lacma-acquires-rodartes-new-bernini-inspired-collection-unveiled-at-florences-pitti-w?comment_sort=desc|work=BlouinArtinfo|title=LACMA Acquires Rodarte's New Bernini-Inspired Collection, Unveiled at Florence's Pitti W|author=Binlot, Anne|date=June 16, 2011|access-date=December 7, 2017}} LACMA displayed the renaissance-inspired clothing in their Italian renaissance gallery, alongside Italian renaissance artworks, in the exhibition Rodarte: Fra Angelico Collection from December 2011 to February 2012.{{cite web|last=Binlot |first=Ann |url=http://artinfo.com/news/story/752669/lacma-to-display-rodarte%E2%80%99s-fra-angelico-inspired-couture-collection-in-its-renaissance-art-galleries |title=LACMA to Display Rodarte's Fra Angelico-Inspired Couture Collection in Its Renaissance Art Galleries | BLOUIN ARTINFO |publisher=Artinfo.com |date=November 30, 2011 |access-date=September 24, 2013}}

Accolades

Kate and Laura Mulleavy were one of the 50 recipients to win the 2009 United States Artists Fellowship.{{cite web |url=http://www.usafellows.org/fellow/kate_laura_mulleavy_1 |title=Kate & Laura Mulleavy Fellow Profile |publisher=United States Artists |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121756/http://www.usafellows.org/fellow/kate_laura_mulleavy_1 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 17, 2014}}

Rodarte was Cooper Hewitt's National Design Awards Fashion Design Finalist in 2009 and winner in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://archive.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/2010/www.nationaldesignawards.org/2010/honoree/Rodarte.html |title=Rodarte National Design Award 2010 |publisher=Cooper-Hewitt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206161210/http://archive.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/2010/www.nationaldesignawards.org/2010/honoree/Rodarte.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 6, 2013}}

Rodarte is the first fashion house to be awarded the National Art Award from Americans for the Arts in 2010. The award is a custom Jeff Koons gold bunny sculpture.{{cite web|url=http://www.artsusa.org/events/2010/naa/001.asp|work=Americans for the Arts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929145604/http://www.artsusa.org/events/2010/naa/001.asp |archive-date=September 29, 2011| title=The National Arts Awards}}

Rodarte is awarded the Star Honoree Award from Fashion Group International in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://fashionindie.com/fashion-group-internationals-starry-night |title=Fashion Group International's Starry Night by Lester Brathwaite |work=Fashion Indie |date=July 12, 2011|access-date=September 24, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209140451/https://fashionindie.com/fashion-group-internationals-starry-night}}

Rodarte was named one of Fast Company’s 50 Designers Shaping The Future in October 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670702/50-designers-shaping-the-future-part-3|title=50 Designers Shaping The Future: Part 3 |work= Co.Design |date=September 11, 2012|access-date=December 6, 2017|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204145810/https://www.fastcodesign.com/1670702/50-designers-shaping-the-future-part-3}}

In May 2014, Rodarte's short film directed by Todd Cole is awarded the People's Choice Webby Award for Branded Scripted Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2014/online-film-video/general-film-categories/branded-entertainment-scripted|title=Branded Entertainment Scripted|work=The Webby Awards|series=Archive|access-date=November 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807185142/http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2014/online-film-video/general-film-categories/branded-entertainment-scripted/|archive-date=August 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}

2014 Webby Award People's Choice- Branded Scripted Entertainment- Won [https://www.google.com/search?q=webby+award+rodarte&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb webby award rodarte - Google zoeken]
2011 Fashion Group International's Star Honoree Award- Won
2010 National Art Award from Americans for the Arts- Won
2010 Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards- Won
2009 United States Artists Fellowships Recipient
2009 CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year - Won{{cite web|title=CFDA Past Winners |url=http://www.cfda.com/index.php?option=com_cfda_content&task=fashion_awards_display&category_id=31 |access-date=August 9, 2009 |publisher=Council of Fashion Designers of America}}
2008 CFDA Swarovski Award for Womenswear - Won
2008 Stella Swiss Textiles Award - Won{{cite web|url=http://www.swisstextiles.ch/en/veranstaltungen/swiss_textiles_award/stella_fashion_night_2008/|work=Swiss Textile Federation|title=Stella Fashion Night 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619231833/http://www.swisstextiles.ch/en/veranstaltungen/swiss_textiles_award/stella_fashion_night_2008/|archive-date=June 19, 2010|access-date=December 22, 2009 }}
2006 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award - Won{{cite web|title=Six Talented Emerging Designers Win Top Prize |url=http://www.fashiontrendsetter.com/content/press/edff2005.html |access-date=November 23, 2007 |publisher = FashionTrendSetter}}