Their figure elusive, their origin unknown, their existence vague, their silhouettes varying;
A question we have been asked too many times by clients and guests, who have been puzzled by the very name that defines itself with mystique:
19 years elapsed in our search; we still have only gleaned a little evidence of the activities of Roden Gray…
This distant world, where sand ripples and cascades like waters and where epiphanies consolidate into shapes, views the relationship of the designer, the material, and the wearer as a living dialogue, a conversation through garments.
The use of traditional textile techniques and the handcrafting repetition acts as not only a rebellion against fast-fashion and the technological age, but as its own ritual – a mediation that grounds the crafters in the present, a mediation through slowness.
Although plenty remains undiscovered about what could be known about Roden Gray, we do know this: Roden Gray lies dormant within those believing in clothes. Roden Gray lived on, lives on, and will continue to live on, as a form everyone can embody.