Rick Owens, genius of the manifesto
After breaking with tradition last season by presenting at his place at Place du Palais Bourbon, Rick Owens returns to his second home, which is just as personal to him.
The esplanade of the Palais de Tokyo , nicknamed the “Dôme”, always offers its extraordinary collections a worthy stage, whose Art Deco exterior terraces make it a spectacular podium. And then, acknowledges the Californian designer to the dedicated and loyal community, it was important to reconnect with a wider audience, this time even inviting several fashion schools to show his students. A need for inclusion to which he is keen and of which he admits to feeling the urgency regarding the malaise of the times. And it shows on the show! 200 eggshell white passages, a 10-minute finale, a casting open to the world, and creations calling on the know-how of talented external contributors who are friends of the designer, while respecting Italian manufacturing, mostly certified and organic . A collection called “Hollywood”, in homage to all these excesses which made him the remarkable designer he is today. All in a heavy atmosphere, which some might find straight out of the film Dune . It all fits together so well.
