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Tea With Rodarte

They're pros at constructing handmade flowers from chiffon and organdy, but did you know that Kate and Laura Mulleavy are also experts on garden roses? Watch the video to find out more.

Released on 11/03/2008


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When we started it was very personal,

it was all about just seeing these beautiful roses,

and then the British paintings, and how it's a secret world.

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I think that we always find our inspiration

from the environment that we live in so early on

I think that we were really inspired by

kind of more of a natural landscape.

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I think we always had kind of a keen interest

in garden roses.

Also, something about a rose in general,

it seems so mundane because it's over-exposure

but at the same time it's so incredible when you think about

Even think about it.

It's something that's really natural

And then also

on a visual A little bit perfect

I'm obsessed with all the different hybrids and just

Oh yeah when you start finding the 1980s roses

Yeah, and how you feel in like a different time periods

and they're so reflective of the 80s,

you know the roses are huge and really deep,

saturated, bright colors.

And then coral and yellow mixed together.

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We always laugh

Anyone that always loves unbridled beauty,

we're obsessed with so it would make sense that

we would be inspired by something that

I don't think we're scared of it at all.

You're seeing such a microcosm of something

that's so pure and beautiful and I think that

we always say at the end of the day,

all we wanna do is make beautiful things.

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Starring: Laura Mulleavy, Kate Mulleavy