Come tomorrow, the Museum at FIT will become a construction site of sorts when American Beauty—an exhibition that focuses on technical innovation and composition as benchmarks of sartorial greatness—opens. “Our best designers have been and continue to be those who utilize construction as a vehicle to achieve their aesthetic vision,” says Patricia Mears, deputy director [...]

Believe it. Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy are Target’s next GO International designers, joining a group that includes Thakoon Panichgul, Richard Chai, Rogan, and Erin Fetherston. The 55-piece collection launches on December 20. On the face of it, it’s undeniably exciting news. The sisters, who just snagged the CFDA Designer of the Year Award, have [...]

Last night’s CFDA after-party at the just-opened Jane Ballroom in the West Village was a coronation of sorts for the newest after-hours spot from the Waverly Inn’s Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode. Judging by the shindig’s big get—a celebratory Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, plus a beaming Kirsten Dunst —the Jane could well fill this [...]

See all the pictures from last night’s Alice Tully Hall ceremony. Here’s a complete list of the winners:
Board of Directors’ Special Tribute
First Lady Michelle Obama
Womenswear Designer of the Year
Rodarte’s Laura and Kate Mulleavy
Menswear Designer of the Year (tie)
Calvin Klein’s Italo Zucchelli
Band of Outsiders’ Scott Sternberg
Accessory Designer of the Year
Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez
Swarovski [...]

For not having prepared a speech, Womenswear Designer winners Kate and Laura Mulleavy made it through their acceptance speech with an admirable degree of composure. “We thought about things beforehand, but I was pretty sure we wouldn’t win, so I wasn’t feeling too nervous the whole night,” said Kate backstage. “But when they called our [...]

Nobody walks in L.A. That’s how the Missing Persons song goes, anyway—but then again, back in 1982 when the band recorded “Walking in L.A.,” there was no such thing as L.A. Art Weekend. This year, the event produced by local art organization For Your Art (in collaboration with fashion industry familiars Black Frame) was all [...]

In the world of fashion, Katherine Ross, the PR honcho for all of LVMH, definitely has some pull. But who knew she also had an in with Mother Nature? “I saw that it was about to rain, so I made some calls,” she jested, poolside at the Chateau Marmont where she and Alex de Batek [...]

No gowns! No gowns? No gowns. Such was the chatter at the Rodarte show yesterday, for indeed, there were no gowns. Kate and Laura Mulleavy sent out a series of ultra-short dresses worn with over-the-knee, up-the-hip bondage boots by Nicholas Kirkwood—and that was it. “We had the gowns,” said Laura after the show. “We made [...]

Last month, Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy became the first Americans ever to win the coveted Stella Award given out by the Swiss Textiles association. As well as floating a cool €100,000 the Mulleavys’ way, the award served to confirm what many fashion followers already knew about the sisters’ line: Rodarte is sui generis. [...]