About The Artist
Rachael Levine is a textiles artist and fashion designer with a focus on Shibori fabric dyeing and textile manipulation. Rachael has been a working artist since 2014, after graduating with her BFA in Fashion Design from Columbia College Chicago. Her love of clothing construction and manipulating textiles has blossomed into an ever changing art-to-wear collection.
The brand name ARAE is a play on words, deriving from Rachael's nickname, Rae, and the word 'array' - an impressive display of things. Under her brand, she prioritizes zero waste design, and working with natural materials such as silk chiffon, boiled wool, Mongolian lamb fur, bamboo, organic cotton, and hemp.
Levine has honed her skills constructing garments out of the fine cloth she carefully designs, as she has been using the same materials for over 10 years. Her first collection of winter accessories launched in 2014 and has been sold in countless independent boutiques and museum stores across the United States and Australia.
She also takes her brand across the country to prestigious handmade shows, and over the course of her career has sold online with large retailers such as Free People, Artful Home, and Uncommon Goods. Rachael loves creating pieces of wearable art that allow her customers to express their own creative styles.