Rodarte Goes Ethereal

We are having a love affair with Rodarte—widely known as one of the most creative and forward-thinking design teams to arrive on the American fashion stage. We are so very excited to see them this thursday night at the Nordstrom and Vogue official launch party of their exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York (Nordstrom is also sponsoring the exhibit itself).

So highly esteemed, it should come as no surprise then that Rodarte really knows how to set the stage for their shows. This time, as the lights went out, confetti was sprinkled through the maze-like runway, and girls hurriedly lit a sculpture of white candles.

The first look out was a nude top of vertical ribbons, a colorful miniskirt (looked like a rich hand-woven Mexican blanket), completed with lace leggings.

The shoes are always of interest (of course), and this season they were Nicholas Kirkwood with heels designed to look like melting wax—they even glowed in the finale.

There were vintage-looking chiffon floral dresses, lots of lace and burnt-out velvet. Knits this season were chunky wool and alpaca sweaters paired with sheer floral tops. My favorite looks were the three ethereal white dresses in the end made of layered chiffon, lace and pearls.

Celeb note: Kirsten Dunst with Jason Schwartzman in the front row. To my left, the ever-so-chic Chloe Sevigny in a all-black suede shearling bomber, leather leggings and fuchsia lips. Natalie Portman, also there, is set to host thursday's exhibit launch party with a slew of others including our very own Pete Nordstrom.