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Rodarte
Rodarte is an American fashion house founded in Pasadena in 2005 by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. Working outside a traditional New York or European fashion-company structure, the designers developed collections through narrative, hand technique, material experimentation and references spanning California landscape, film and art. The house has presented internationally, created costumes and collaborated across photography and cinema while retaining founder-led creative control. Rodarte is privately held and has no audited public standalone revenue series, so cultural reach is kept distinct from financial scale.
- Country
- USA
- Founded
- 2005
- Founder
- Kate Mulleavy
- Ownership
- Founder-owned
- Documented milestones
- 4
- Kate Mulleavy — Co-Founder and Designer2005–Present · house · current · CFDA
- Laura Mulleavy — Co-Founder and Designer2005–Present · house · current · CFDA
- 2005 — House foundedKate and Laura Mulleavy establish Rodarte in Pasadena.
- 2008 — CFDA recognitionThe sisters receive the CFDA Swarovski Womenswear award.
- 2010 — Costume workRodarte contributes costumes to Black Swan.
- 2017 — Paris presentationThe house presents couture-week collections in Paris.