INNER-VIEWS OF FASHION: Rodarte

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For S/S 10, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte summoned up a mythical, battle scarred woman emerging victorious from ashes of being burnt alive, like a Californian condor, that mangled and tattered vulture. If the reference sounds kooky, the collection was anything but, being both powerful and darkly majestic. Painted with tribal tattoos, the models appeared from the fog of dry ice, resembling primitive warriors. This idea of ashes meant the fabrics (leather, silks, cheesecloth, plastic, macramé and cobweb) this season were burnt, shredded, destroyed and utterly ruined until they were remnants of their former selves and then delicately draped and latticed back together again.

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