About ARAE

Textiles artist and fashion designer with a focus on Shibori fabric dyeing and textile manipulation, Rachael has been a working artist since 2014, after graduated 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 works with different kinds of silk and wool. ARAE has been sold in many independently owned boutiques and museum shops across the US. Rachael also takes her brand across the country to prestigious handmade shows, and 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 with every wear. What is Shibori? Shibori is the Japanese word for a variety of ways of embellishing textiles by shaping cloth and securing it before dyeing. The word comes from the verb root shiboru, “to wring, squeeze, press.” Read their story