laura and kate mulleavy

los angeles
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rodarte
laura and kate mulleavy

interview and photography by OLIVIER ZAHM
family pictures courtesy of RODARTE

Two California sisters, Laura and Kate Mulleavy, put Los Angeles on the fashion map in 2005 when they created the Rodarte label. They won instant international recognition for their dark, feminist, deconstructed clothing, influenced by science-fiction, anime, and horror films, as well as by a DIY anti-conformism. What wasn’t evident in their style, they made visible in Woodshock, their 2017 film starring Kirsten Dunst, which was partly shot in a redwood forest. The film reveals the deep psychological influence of California’s natural landscape on their style.

ACTRESS KIRSTEN DUNST ON THE SET OF WOODSHOCK, 2015, PHOTO AUTUMN DE WILDE

OLIVIER ZAHM — Are you guys from Los Angeles?
LAURA MULLEAVY — Our parents are from Los Angeles; both grew up in LA. My dad’s family is fifth…