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This Week's Best Dressed

fashionologie — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:29:34 PST

>> Slits, cut-outs, and head-to-toe print looks - courtesy of the Resort collections - all got major play this week. See who went there - and who got two nods apiece - in the slideshow.

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Dasha Zhukova, Rodarte, and More Descend on Los Angeles For the 2011 MOCA Gala

fashionologie — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:36:48 PST

>> The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles hosted its annual gala on Saturday night, drawing Laura and Kate Mulleavy, Tilda Swinton, Rachel Zoe, Shala Monroque, and event chair Dasha Zhukova.

The evening, curated by the performance artist Marina Abramovic, started with guests being asked to put on a white lab coat before sitting down to dinner; each table, meanwhile, had a live, rotating human head for a centerpiece, with the attached performance artists sitting beneath. Diners were given a list of rules about interacting with the centerpiece, such as, "The centerpiece will observe you. You may observe the centerpiece." and "No touching, feeding, offering drink, or disrespecting the centerpiece."

Debbie Harry was shortly thereafter carried onstage to serenade the crowd with “One Way or Another” and “Heart of Glass.” Postperformance, two life-size nude cakes of Harry and Abramovic were brought out. With a machete, Harry removed her cake's red velvet heart, and then teams of shirtless men descended on the two cakes with meat cleavers, sending toes, breasts, and other various anatomical parts to the different tables on dessert plates.

Pictures from the event in the slideshow.

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Hair Flipping and Spray Painting Backstage at Rodarte, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta, Sophie Theallet, Theyskens' Theory

fashionologie — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:29:32 PDT

>> Tuesday's snap-worthy backstage moments? Fei Fei Sun whipping her hair at Theyskens' Theory (plus a close-up at the show's tortuously vertiginous heels), Hanne Gaby Odiele getting her hair spray-painted blue at Narciso Rodriguez, plus: Carola Remer throwing a peace sign backstage at Sophie Theallet. Those moments and more - captured backstage at Oscar de la Renta and Rodarte - in the slideshow.

Photo: Greg Kessler

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Rodarte Spring 2012

fashionologie — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:04:28 PDT

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Take a Peek at the Full Fall 2011 Rodarte for Opening Ceremony Collection

fashionologie — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:05:40 PDT

>> After teaming up with Opening Ceremony last season for the lower-priced and more everyday wearable Rodarte for Opening Ceremony collection, Kate and Laura Mulleavy are back for another round for Fall 2011. Full of silk prints, cable-knit sweaters, and pinafore-inspired dresses, a preview of the Scandinavia-inspired collection - modeled by twins Gwen and Donna Loos, and hitting stores and online in early October - in the slideshow.

Photos by Autumn de Wilde

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A Little Piece of Pitti - Shop the Best Pieces from Band of Outsiders and Rodarte

fashionologie — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:28:49 PDT

>> With all the excitement surrounding their guest-designer stints at Pitti Immagine, it's pretty hard not to want to a little piece of Rodarte or Band of Outsiders all for yourself. While it's true that the two labels don't necessarily share an aesthetic, they do share a coast - and similar free-wheeling creative approaches. As Band of Outsider's Scott Sternberg explains, "There's a freedom to what we're doing, and I think it's reflected in the product, and it's reflected in the brand." We couldn't agree more. In fact, in honor of their respective Pitti appearances, we've rounded up 16 very desirable pieces from both labels - all available online now. Click through to see the selection.

Images courtesy of: Band of Outsiders (left), Rodarte (right)

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Peep the Exclusive Pieces from the Rodarte Pitti Presentation

fashionologie — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:23:31 PDT

>> Kate and Laura Mulleavy are huge fans of Florence. “We have spent countless hours dreaming of the poetic city, every detail magnified by our own curiosity and imagination,” explains Laura. Fitting then, that they are guest designers at Pitt W in Florence this year. Today, their much anticipated Pre-Spring 2012 presentation of 10 elaborate gowns - detailed with Swarovski crystals, tulle, and feathers - was unveiled in a disused building in central Florence amongst neon light constructions. Inspired by Fra Angelico’s frescoes, the monks’ cells at the convent of San Marco, and Bernini’s The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, the 10 dresses are also accessorized with a hand-forged gold head-piece, belts and breastplates. But what will happen to the collection after this stint in Italy? Elle confirms that following Pitti, the dresses will be on permanent display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Until then, click through to see the pieces here.

Photos by Autumn de Wilde. Courtesy of Rodarte and Pitti Immagine

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Rodarte Now Shoppable Online at Net-a-Porter

fashionologie — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:32:11 PDT

>> Rodarte's collaboration with Opening Ceremony is readily available online, but now the label's runway pieces can also be bought with the swipe of a mouse. Net-a-Porter just launched a Rodarte boutique featuring a selection of six pieces from Laura and Kate Mulleavy's Spring 2011 collection - the first collection with an eye to the more everyday wearable - and a $2,325 delft print skirt has already sold out.

Hailee Steinfeld - Miuccia Prada's New Miu Miu Muse?

fashionologie — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:44:46 PST

>> "The fashion industry and child stars are having a moment," New York proclaims this week: Rodarte is currently partial to 12-year-old Elle Fanning, 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld caught eyes during award season in Prabal Gurung and Prada, and Vogue is reportedly planning a portfolio featuring both girls plus 14-year-old Chloe Moretz for an upcoming issue. Then, today, Steinfeld attended the Miu Miu show as a special guest of Miuccia Prada - she's rumored to have caught Prada's eye, which begs the question: will she be an upcoming face for the brand? [Style File]

Tom Ford, Rodarte Get Oscar Speech Shout-outs

fashionologie — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:06:02 PST

>> Last night, three designers were name checked during Oscar acceptance speeches. Natalie Portman, who wore Rodarte last night, thanked "Kate and Laura Mulleavy, who designed the beautiful ballet costumes [in Black Swan]" after winning Best Actress, as two of those "people on films that no one ever talks about that are your heart and soul every day." And Colin Firth, who worked with Tom Ford on A Single Man, mentioned during his Best Actor speech - for The King's Speech - that he was grateful for his "very fortunate friendship with Tom Ford, to whom I owe a very big piece of this."