Sunrise to Twilight: Rodarte FW11

Wheat prints, Amish quilting, and colors that glow like a dawn sky: presenting Rodarte Fall/Winter 2011, shot by Tim Barber and featuring the beguiling Cody Young.

Where in previous seasons Kate and Laura have referenced the landscape of their native California, for fall, they look to the Great Plains, the transition from dawn to twilight, and—never ones to miss a movie—Days of Heaven and The Wizard of Oz. Full skirts and high necks come in homestead patterns and textured guipure lace, evoking a Judy Garland silhouette, while floor-length gowns imitate the prairie itself, in billowing expanses of periwinkle and maize.

Showpieces include a pale yellow silk gown with a wheat field print and sparkling dew drop SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, and breathtaking boucle wool coats left open from bust to floor to kick out for inimitable Rodarte drama.

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crinkle swarovski gown


floral guipure dress


prairie cut-out coat


tulle chiffon sleeveless dress


chunky l/s crewneck sweater


boucle wool cut-out coat





silk chiffon circle skirt


AMISH QUILT MOTIF SWEATER in black/white/yellow


amish quilt motif sweater in white/fawn/taupe


amish quilt motif sweater in grey/white/fawn/taupe