NMWA

Mi閞coles 28 noviembre 2018

The soul of聽Rodarte is exhibited in Washington

The聽National Museum of Women Artists聽(NMWA) in Washington DC is聽hosting a fashion show for the first time and is doing聽so in a big way,聽hosting the meticulous work of聽Rodarte.聽Thus, with聽the title ‘Rodarte’, the exhibition explores the universe of the famous American luxury fashion house, founded聽just聽13 years ago by the sisters Kate and Laura聽Mulleavy聽.聽The exhibition聽reveals聽the visionary concepts of the designers, their impeccable craftsmanship and their impact on the fashion industry.聽Taking into account that currently only 14% of the big fashion companies are headed by women, this exhibition, located in a museum dedicated to women’s art聽is a declaration of intentions.

Specifically聽‘Rodarte’聽explores the distinctive features of its design, creative design and聽the recurring themes and inspirations that position the work of聽the聽Mulleavy聽sisters within art and聽contemporary聽fashion.聽It is not a retrospective view, something the curators of the exhibition themselves have made聽clear from聽the outset, as the company is very young and its founders are under forty, but rather an approach to聽the聽imagination of Rodarte starting from the different elements that make up its identity.聽These traits are revealed via the 94 complete looks that form part of the 12 seasons presented by the Californian company.聽In addition the dancer costumes that the聽Mulleavy聽sisters聽created for the film ‘Black聽Swan聽‘聽by Darren Aronofsky have also been included,聽as well as the costumes from his first film ‘聽Woodshock聽‘.聽These garments distill the concept聽of modern femininity that聽is the essence of Rodarte聽, together聽with other influences such as their passion for nature聽and humanity.聽It is a聽perfect聽blend聽of strength and delicacy that is also seen in the wide variety of聽fabrics used, combined聽with meticulous haute couture techniques.聽It is not for nothing that Rodarte is one of the companies that has received the most accolades聽in the聽world of art and fashion since its inception in 2005.

The exhibition ‘Rodarte’ will be open to the public until February 10.

Fashion conceived as art

Rodarte聽was founded in 2005 in Los Angeles (California), fruit of the imagination聽and creativity聽of Kate and Laura聽Mulleavy.聽Graduates in art history and literature聽, the sisters lacked a specialized training in fashion design when they started,聽but they had audacity,聽intuition聽and聽an exquisite taste for technique, craftsmanship and detail.聽With these talents they聽conquered the industry immediately.聽In this brief career of thirteen years聽Rodarte has聽won dozens of awards since its first parade and institutions such as the聽Metropolitan聽Museum聽of聽Art’s聽Costume聽Institute聽have acquired some of the company’s creations.聽Their garments, between聽post-apocalyptic聽and dreamlike, seek that duality inherent in beauty,聽between dark and luminous, with multiple references that cover recurrent themes such as cinema, art and nature.

Rodarte made its debut in 2005 at the Fashion Week in New York with a resounding success and after presenting the latest collections in Paris,聽this year they聽have decided to聽return to the Big Apple, the city where they claimed their first triumph聽.聽It is a return that coincides with this exhibition in Washington of one of the luxury brands with the most international exposure in the current fashion industry.