Intricate leather patchwork punctuates this stunningly modern variation of homespun garments on the prairie (above), as dictated by Kate & Laura Mulleavy of Californian label Rodarte.

Their Fall Winter 2011 défilé at the Gagosian gallery space in New York today reached new heights of inspiring (and inspired) beauty. The designers are well deserving of the gravitas served up by Vogue’s Anna Wintour today, proclaiming their unique brand of subverted femininity to hold the promise of the new century’s Galliano or McQueen.

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