About
Rozae Nichols
Founder & Designer
"My inspiration for Flora Animalia began in the garden and extends through my creative work; problem solving, unraveling and exploring the intricacies of forms and construction to perfect the utility and comfort of our garments. Daily meditation brightens my intuition, clearing the path towards integrating mind, nature, and physical movement. Carefully identifying each design’s multiple purpose of function and beauty, I combine my experience and knowledge of the history of utilitarian workwear with streamlined design elements, always with the warmth and process of the hand-made.”
Designer Rozae Nichols has created intricately crafted designs for more than four decades. Studying and years later returning to teach industrial design at the Art Center of Pasadena Ca, her career began in packaging, graphic design and on to clothing design for a premium denim brand. There she utilized her decades long self-taught sewing and pattern making skills cultivated during her early teenage years of making her own
clothes, evolving her technical skills to design utilitarian inspired denim collections. Three years later, in 1986 she moved to Paris to design and help launch the still beloved functional workwear inspired brand duos—Autour Du Monde & Bensimon - the first fashion brand and retail shop in the Marais.
After returning home to Los Angeles, Rozae launched her eponymous label in 1992. Her designs were known for her unique blend of high/low fabrics, exacting details and her socially conscious design and local production ethos. This combination earned her decades of international success with premium retailers from Japan and Europe including Harvey Nichols, Browns and Liberty of London, La Bon Marche Paris,
Barneys NY and several more coveted specialty stores. Her designs were collected and worn by A- list celebrities as well as by mindful & creatively cultivated women including several esteemed artists.
In 2010, Rozae launched Clover Canyon. Embracing her vegan pledge, she ended the use of leather and animal derived materials and committed to the brand to a vegan forward design ethos that became known for vibrant engineered prints and animal friendly, non-leather footwear and cruelty free fabrics. The brand gained a loyal following by many of the same as her prior collection’s international retailers and A-list celebrities such as
Beyonce, Elizabeth Moss, Natalie Portman and socially conscious and dynamic women including Oprah and Michelle Obama.
Rozae’s founded Flora Animalia in 2019. With her hybrid community food garden, she designed aprons that quickly evolved to a collection that reflects her ongoing commitment to responsible, vegan design. Inspired by her love of edible plant gardening, the brand embodies her life purpose, synthesizing all that she knows and loves. The collection of modern gardening workwear can be worn far beyond the garden and is made from clean-crop Belgian linens and GOTS-certified organic cotton. The brand’s apparel collections and soft homewares are designed and produced within the Los Angeles studio premises adjacent to the Flora Animalia store front that is fittingly located on a street called Gardner.
A long-time animal rights advocate focused on farm animal rights and a plant-forward food system, Rozae and Flora Animalia remain closely aligned with organized efforts and planting seeds of compassion to reduce and one day end the cycle of industrial fishing and animal agriculture. Flora Animalia supports, collaborates with and donates a portion of revenues to its nonprofit allies Mercy For Animals and Farm Sanctuary—the organizations whose strategic work is among the most impactful while they promote compassion for all beings.
Elisabeth Rudolph
Partner
Elisabeth began her career in New York's fashion world, a formative time spent working alongside iconic designers such as Calvin Klein, Isaac Mizrahi, and Donna Karan, and legendary photographers including Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, and Arthur Elgort. She contributed to campaigns for Ray-Ban, Gap, Nike, and American Express. Immersed in all aspects of brand building, she developed an early and lasting appreciation for quality, precision, and beauty, along with a deep respect for the creative process.
Her love of collaboration and storytelling eventually drew her to Los Angeles and into the entertainment industry, where she worked for many years as a casting director on projects with major studios and networks, as well as some of the industry’s most respected directors and actors. Whether in fashion or film, she brought a sharp eye, calm authority, and a strong sense of purpose to every project.
Her spirit of curiosity and care has carried her from entertainment back into fashion and beauty, and now into the creative and considered world of Flora Animalia, where design, sustainability, and reverence for the natural world come together.
Aligned with the values that define the studio, Elisabeth works closely with founder Rozae Nichols to shape Flora Animalia’s voice, digital presence, and daily operations. She brings focus, warmth, and a deep appreciation for the brand’s ethos and for work rooted in integrity and intention.
Elisabeth is passionate about design, nature, and animal welfare. Her family steadily anchors it all.
Harry Lopez
Studio Assistant
Harry is our beloved studio assistant who meets every challenge with smart solutions and generous energy- between our cutting & sewing lab to shipping to greeting and charming clients in our shop. He has worked as a counselor with middle school kids at "Beyond The Bell” after school program. And his beautiful hand writing was commissioned by an NFL player for a signature graphic. Harry's love of animals is the reason that he became vegan and relates to our mission as a voice for animals. With Harry’s adopted furry pal, Maru, his irresistible poodle, schnauzer, shitzu mixed puppy- these two are an absolute beloved duo here at Flora Animalia and beyond. He enjoys reading philosophically rooted literature, possesses an in-depth knowledge & appreciation of wide & varied musical genres, art & architecture, and is a great conversationalist in subjects ranging from film, authors, the American psyche, trauma and sports. An LA native from South Central, Harry’s kind & loving spirit guides his support of the multi functions of each day.
STUDIO SEWING TEAM
Our sewing-cutting team consist of some of the most rare & finest sewers in Los Angeles. Juaquin, Ramon & Alejandro are talented craftsmen whose years of expertise in crafting quality clothing brings technical & artisanal skills which are elemental to our garment’s quality, beauty & soul. Their heart and passion is a daily inspiration to our design process.
