Rodarte

Rodarte is a brand of clothing and accessories founded by Kate and Laura Mulleavy.

Rodarte has received a number of industry awards since the line's inception in 2005. The sisters have also collaborated with Gap and Target on limited edition pieces.

The Mulleavy sisters are UC Berkeley graduates from Aptos, California. 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. The label "Rodarte" is the original Spanish pronunciation and spelling of their mother's maiden name, "Rodart." After their initial collection of just 10 pieces, the Mulleavys appeared on the cover of Women's Wear Daily and had a meeting with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

Rodarte is in the permanent collections of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 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.

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