Roland Mouret is Back!

Posted by Lesley Scott Mar 1, 2007

Fashion insider fave Roland Mouret is launching RM, a high-end collection that will show at the same time as the Fall 2007 couture shows in Paris in July. A partnership with Simon Fuller of 19 Entertainment – the one to blame for "Pop Idol" and the Spice Girls, the line doesn’t bear Mouret’s name because it’s still owned by Mouret’s former partners, Sharai and Andre Meyers. The RM capsule collection will be aimed at the market that buys Lanvin, Balenciaga and Chanel.

"This collection of no more than 21 looks will focus on signature silhouettes and key pieces that I believe women demand. I want to celebrate women with this collection – they are my greatest source of inspiration," Mouret recently told WWD about the line of seasonless tailored dresses, jackets, coats, skirts, tops and pants.

"The idea of this satellite collection is for me to be able to express the most concentrated vision of my ideas of dressing women, and to deliver that vision to them in the shortest time possible." During New York’s Fashionweek in February, Bergdorf Goodman will be selling a special limited edition wool dress by the designer – there are only 36 frocks total – and every one of the labels bears the designer’s signature.

Following a successful partnership designing a capsule collection for GAP’s European market, Mouret’s star appears to be on the rise again. "The world is our oyster," he notes about his new partnership. "We have no limits, and we'll be looking at fashion from a new angle."