September 7th, 2011
The art in Rodarte
Not since the Japanese avant-garde invasion of the '80s has a fashion brand been so embraced by the art world as Rodarte, the demi-couture label by twisted sisters Laura and Kate Mulleavy. In a brand-new book, photographers Catherine Opie and Alec Soth show you why.
Transgendered models in patchworked chiffon. Zooming shots of shredded shoulders over tattooed skin. Blurred desert vistas. Two intertwined series of photos map the mystical, insular, and not-quite-habitable planet that is Rodarte.
Coffee-table book? Hardly. This one's so dreamy, you'll want to keep it under your pillow at night. —Sarah Nicole Prickett
$95 at Magic Pony, 680 Queen St. W., 416-861-1684, www.magicpony.com or www.amazon.ca
