For Rodarte’s pre-fall collection, Kate and Laura Mulleavy looked to nature. “We wanted to do something that was oriented towards that feeling of spring/summer, where you want to feel super-free and you’re starting to bring color into your wardrobe,” Laura explained on a recent phone call. Kate added: “We wanted to capture nature and how beautiful it is and how it can feel very ephemeral. [It’s about] this idea of something airy and kind of weightless.”
That translated into floral prints of hydrangeas, roses, tulips, and camellias —photographed from their own garden—on breezy, wearable slip dresses in vintage-inspired silhouettes. A puff sleeve mini dress with an angled empire waist featured a purple rose print on an all-over miniature hearts background; and an otherwise classic spaghetti strap dress was decorated with an oversized pink rose print. Elsewhere, a couple of lace dresses, one in bubblebum pink with a capelet over the shoulders, and another in magenta with a ruffled skirt and dramatic scarf-like pieces hanging from delicate shoulder lines, looked like classic Rodarte; ditto the long white silk leaf-print dress with a floor-length cape.
The Mulleavys’ penchant for eccentric knitwear was manifested in a group of mesh pieces decorated with hand-crochet flowers that seemed made for après-beach lounging. Most interesting were a group of frothy gathered chiffon and beaded dresses in pink or white, styled with dramatic veils. Whether meant for a wedding or a bride-to-be’s Vegas celebration, they captured that summer feeling of endless possibility.
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