Rachel Roy – Fall 2012 – The Good Earth

Rachel Roy likes to mine a good inspiration. For her Fall 2012 collection, Mrs. Roy was smitten with a film about women landscape architects and what their unique senses and approaches brought to their art. Mrs Roy has a unique approach as well, so although the color palette was mostly derived from terra firma, as one would expect, she still managed surprise in both concept and execution.

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story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Adrianna Favero
web editor Rachel Reneé

Rachel Roy likes to mine a good inspiration. For her Fall 2012 collection, Mrs. Roy was smitten with a film about women landscape architects and what their unique senses and approaches brought to their art. Mrs Roy has a unique approach as well, so although the color palette was mostly derived from terra firma, as one would expect, she still managed surprise in both concept and execution. Continue reading “Rachel Roy – Fall 2012 – The Good Earth”

Rachel Roy – Spring 2012 Review – Zen and The Art of Fabric Selection

“Everything starts with the fabric, including colors, but for me fabric always trumps. What I mean by that is, if there is a fabric that is a tactile inspiration and its perfect, but it doesn’t come in the color that fits with the collection’s inspiration, it’s out of there, because that’s what you’ll actually be wearing.”

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story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Adrianna Favero

A designer once told me that when she was struggling and poor she would occasionally have to choose between fabric and food. Fabric, of course, always won out. Although I didn’t ask her, I get the feeling that Rachel Roy would have answered that question the same way. Continue reading “Rachel Roy – Spring 2012 Review – Zen and The Art of Fabric Selection”