In the five years that they’ve been delivering megahit collections,
Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy have amassed a slew of celebrity
followers, received two Council of Fashion Designers of America awards,
and been the subjects of a Cooper-Hewitt exhibit. Next up: a
coffee-table book, titled Rodarte, Catherine Opie, Alec Soth, for which
the siblings tapped the two photographers to shoot, respectively, their
favorite collection pieces and California locales. Opie snapped models
(Guinevere van Seenus, Frankie Rayder), tattoo artists, and a UCLA grad
student wearing the clothes. Soth, meanwhile, trekked across the Golden
State, capturing everything from condor eggs to a shady punk club. “You
have two different viewpoints,” says Laura. “One from a person seeing
the landscapes we’ve loved, and another interpreting the clothing we’ve
made. They’re of the same world.”
Photos: Catherine Opie and Alec Soth/Magnum photos
