Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Rixo Co-Founder Henrietta Rix on the Brand’s “Future Vintage” Ethos, Iconic Prints, and Her Favorite Pieces for Summer

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Henrietta Rix is the co-founder of the womenswear brand Rixo. Founded in 2015, it has quickly become a favorite for its gorgeous prints, timeless silhouettes, high-quality silk, and non-designer price tags. But beyond the brand’s stunning dresses, Rix and Co-Founder Orlagh McCloskey have worked to develop Rixo as a company with a unique perspective on fashion and vintage. To that end, they’ve opened up a flagship store on King’s Road in London that contains a coffee shop, bar, bridal boutique, tailoring bar, and rental collection. To align with the brand’s aim to produce “future vintage” pieces, it also tracks several sustainability goals to lower its impact on the environment. Henrietta is here to discuss the origins of Rixo’s signature prints and what it takes to grow a brand without outside investment. Plus, hear what her favorite pieces for summer are.

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1:35.3	who what wears editor-in-chief Kat Collings is catching up with Rixo co-founder
1:40.7	Henrietta Rix. Today Rixo is a staple on the summer wedding
1:45.9	circuit and is a favorite of stores like Netaporte. But when Henrietta and her
1:52.4	best friend Orla founded Rixo in 2015, they were working out of the
1:57.3	living room of their university flat on a shoestring budget, inspired by their shared love of vintage prints and silhouettes, the duo set out to design swoon-worthy pieces that they've dubbed future vintage.
2:11.0	Over the last nine years, Henrietta and Orla have grown Rixo to three brick and mortar stores,
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