The Rodarte Fall 2024 RTW collection combined fantasy and glamour with Victorian-inspired gowns, optical illusions, and sequin embellishments.

A black sequined column gown had a corded lace ruffled collar attached with illusion lace so that it seemed as if it was just floating by itself; a black gown had a series of gathered ruffles in chick yellow, ballet pink, baby blue, white, and black that floated asymmetrically from the shoulders hiding the arms and obscuring most of the body.

These included a scarlet red sequined column gown with a small peplum at the waist and a hand-shaped rosette at the chest; slinky slip dresses straight out of the boudoir in silk with lace bodices or in the most languid and liquid of lamés; and a dusty pink lace dress with ruffled “shells” on the breasts.

There was also a Victorian-inspired gown with oversized leg-o-mutton sleeves in delicate metallic corded lace. Another one in a semi-sheer cotton tulle embroidered with hundreds of tiny pearls and ruffles at the chest, the sleeves, and the skirt, felt like it was made for a goddess.