THE DESIGNER
Founder and designer Rafaela Pestritu graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2022, presenting her MA collection at London Fashion Week and in Trieste for the International Talent Support.
Originally from Romania, Pestritu relocated to London in 2015 to pursue a career in fashion. She gained experience working for Iris Van Herpen, Versace, Mary Katrantzou, Dilara Findikoglu, and others.
Over the past three years, Rafaela has been featured in numerous publications and has received multiple awards, including the Sally Woodward Scholarship for her MA collection, Best Metaverse Fashion Film by Vogue China in collaboration with 3D artist Reiki Zhang, the East London Sponsored Award for Creative Endeavor, the People’s Choice Award at AOF in San Francisco, the Special Prize at Drawfashion LCF, and the Lenzing-sponsored GFW Prize for Sustainability, among others.
THE BRAND
Rafaela Pestritu is rooted in freedom, transformation, and reinvention—creating pieces that exist between the raw and the refined, where destruction becomes a form of liberation.
A cult favourite among VIP clients, the label explores an experimental tension between rawness and sensuality.
Among the celebrities for whom multiple custom looks have been created are Christina Aguilera, SZA, FENTY PUMA, Charli XCX, Tyla, Ludmilla, Shakira, Shensea, 2NE1, Luisa Sonza, Jene Aiko, Kylie Minogue, Karol G, and many more.
Pestritu designs for the woman who refuses to follow rules: prints that clash, draped fabrics that cling like whispers, and silhouettes that move with rhythm and freedom.
THE COLLECTION
No Fence for Wild Roses is about beauty that refuses containment.
If the SS26 collection, Barefoot Bandit, was about running away, the AW26 collection explores what happens after crossing the border—when you realize you can no longer be tamed.
The collection follows women who grow beyond borders—emotional, social, and physical—like wild roses climbing over wire fences.
Romantic silhouettes and movement define the collection, blurring the line between softness and structure.
Tailoring becomes the fence. Draped chiffon and distressed lace slip out from beneath it. Knits unravel and trail behind like memories. Transparencies reveal not fragility, but defiance. The garments behave as if they are escaping their own construction.
The palette deepens: night-garden navy, plum, soil black, and dried-rose red—romance with sharp teeth.
It is not about behaving beautifully.
It is about becoming stronger.