FASCINATING RHYTHM

{rodarte images from style.com}

Rodarte fascinates indeed. The fairy frocks which could've dressed a childlike empress have given way in recent seasons to a different sort of fantasy. To me their Spring 2010 collection reveals a maturing eye, a different narrative, one in which the nightmare of reality is more fully realized. The influences of tribalism and survivalism seem apparent. The cobbling together of a garment, crow like, from shards of the destroyed and decayed (as well as bits of jewel here and there) evolves into a truly relatable whole. I believe the clothing's magic lies in its disintegrated finery and the trepidation to which it gives way: a beautiful unknown. This is a notion that I can presently understand and wholly embrace.
What alchemy arises when two sisters collaborate.