Rick Owens
Rick Owens, Prince of Darkness of fashion, has established his label in 1994 in L.A.,
but it was in 2002 when he showed his first runway collection in New York Fashion
Week that his name skyrocketed. In the same year Rick moved to Paris, where he still
works today. Rick Owens makes avantgarde, glamorous couture inspired by twisted
rock chic. As he describes it:"I try to make clothes the way Lou Reed does music, direct,
with minimal chord changes, and sweet but kind of creepy. It's about giving everything
I make a worn, softened feeling. It's about an elegance tinged with a bit of the barbaric,
the sloppiness of something dragging and the luxury of not caring. At Revillon, I felt it
isn't about display but rather giving the woman a selfish pleasure. It is about using sable
as the lining under a very humble jacket, the luxury is all hers."
A video portrait by Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben exploring decadent, dandyish elegance
of Rick Owens's menswear and the man himself.
