ZARA Guest Designer

Emily Cadenhead

I grew up in Malibu, and when I was 13, I moved to Palm Springs. I got into fashion because my grandmother had this incredible closet and amazing wardrobe. She would travel around the world collecting textiles, and she would make her own clothes. My grandparents also had this really beautiful architectural home that was quite famous in Palm Springs, and we would have all kinds of shoots there. They shot Vogue there multiple times and all different kinds of magazines. So I kind of grew up around fashion.

Zara contacted me because they were actually fans of Daughters of the Revolution, and they were doing a whole floral story for spring, and they wanted to me to help them to come up with some designs. They were looking for the California flowy, free-spirited sort of vibe, so they asked me if I would do a collection for them. So I flew out to Spain and I met with the entire team, and it went really well. I came back and I put the entire project together for them, and then I flew back and I did a presentation and ended up moving forward with a bunch of the styles, which are in stores now.

It was really fun and inspiring to see a new perspective. It’s so crazy how technical they are. They have designers from around the world. They have the best; they take the best people and they bring them into Zara.

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