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Designers Kate Mulleavy (L) and Laura Mulleavy attend LACMA Art + Film Gala Honoring Clint Eastwood and John Baldessari Presented By Gucci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 5, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

It’s as close to fairytale as you can get these days: in just five short years, a pair of Pasadena sisters, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, have gone from designing clothing on their parents’ kitchen table to having their couture collected like art.

They designed costumes for the film “Black Swan.” Their “Fra Angelico Collection,” nine flowing dresses in pastels inspired by the frescoes by the Italian Renaissance painter of that name, look like they came out of the heavenly closet of the angel Gabriel to wear for the Annunciation. They are on view through February 5th. And Rodarte isn’t done with LA; the sisters Mulleavy are joining Frank Gehry and Gustavo Dudamel on the creative team of Mozart’s opera “Don Giovanni,” coming up at the Los Angeles Philharmonic in May. Not bad for an English major and an art history major who never studied fashion. How did they do it? Join Patt today to find out.

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Laura Mulleavy, designer, Rodarte