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1/18/18

RICK OWENS- FW2018- SISYPHUS


THIS FALL /WINTER COLLECTION IS TITLED SISYPHUS AFTER THE ARROGANT KING IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY WHO WAS PUNISHED BY ZEUS TO ETERNALLY ROLL A BOULDER UP A HILL ONLY TO HAVE IT ROLL BACK DOWN, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, FOREVER. IT’S DRAINING TO WATCH UNHEALTHY CYCLES REPEAT THEMSELVES, BEHAVIOURALLY AND HISTORICALLY, AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, IT’S HARD TO SUPRESS A HOWL OF RAGE. IF WE HAVEN’T LEARNED BETTER BY NOW, AFTER ALLLLL THIS TIME, DOES THIS MEAN UNHEALTHY CYCLES AND BASE URGES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION? AND IF THEY ARE INTEGRAL, DOES THAT MEAN THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF HORRIBLE VALUE? RENDING ONE’S CLOTHES IN ANGER HAS A DRAMATICALLY BIBLICAL SOUND — HERE THESE CLOTHES ARE RENT IN A BIT MORE OF A DELIBERATE AND PERHAPS FATALISTIC WAY. DOUBLE KNIT TUNICS IN MERCERIZED COTTON FACED WITH CASHMERE WE REFER TO AS ‘CASHBOARD’ ARE SLIT AND SLASHED TO HANG AND GAPE AROUND THE BODY... OR CUT IN THIN AND CRISP WRAPPED JACKETS THAT CAN BE USED AS LAYERS UNDER COATS. HAPHAZARD CARGO CHAPS ARE CUT IN CAMEL HAIR FLANNEL TO MATCH HIGH WAISTED PANTS CUT WITH A CUMMERBUND SILHOUETTE... AND RAW DARK DENIM JEANS HAVE BEEN CHOPPED INTO JAGGED SKIRTS. COATS AND SHOES ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A PLASTIC SHEARLING THAT TRAILS LOOSE FILAMENTS IN AN OUT-OF-CONTROL HAZE AND SOME COATS HAVE BEEN HAND-PAINTED IN ROUGH THICK BRUSHSTROKES. CHAINS CAN SUGGEST SUBORDINATION BUT THEY CAN ALSO REPRESENT LINKED STRENGTH. HERE THEY ARE DRAPED AND WRAPPED AROUND THE BODY AS STRAPS ON THE SIMPLEST OF RAW CUT PORTFOLIO ZIPPED BAGS IN SOFT SUEDE OR RIGID COWHIDE. FLAGS CAN BE ABOUT UNITY AND PRIDE BUT ALSO DIVISIVENESS... HERE THEY ARE RENDERED AS CAPED PANELS FLOATING OUTWARDS AT THE BACK OF LONG COATS IN SOMBRE WOOL FELTS AND NYLON DUCHESSE. THE SOUNDTRACK IS A REMIX OF ‘ENERGIZE’ BY DJ SPEEDLAP, THE KIND OF 90S TERROR TECHNO I LISTEN TO EVERY DAY AS A SAFETY VALVE TO RELEASE THE IMPATIENCE AND FRUSTRATION THAT ARE THE PERSONAL CYCLES I CAN’T SEEM TO CONTROL, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED BETTER TO BY NOW. IF, AFTER ALL MY EFFORTS, I HAVEN’T FOUND A WAY TO ERASE THEM, DOES THAT MEAN THEY SERVE SOME KIND OF PURPOSE? MAKEUP MAC COSMETICS AND SAMMY MOURABIT HAIR DUFFY (STREETERS) PRODUCTION LA MODE EN IMAGES MUSIC ‘ENERGIZE’ BY DJ SPEEDLAP (REMIXED BY JEFF JUDD)

12/16/17

CHECK OUT RICK CASTRO- IN RICK OWENS DELUXE BOX SET


RICK OWENS LIMITED EDITION DELUXE BOX SET BY ELECTA, RELEASED TO COINCIDE WITH THE RICK OWENS EXHIBITION AT LA TRIENNALE DI MILANO. THE EXHIBITION WHICH IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, WILL OCCUPY THE TRIENNALE’S SIGNATURE “CURVE” SPACE.
A SELECTION OF MORE THAN 100 GARMENTS, OBJECTS, ACCESSORIES, FURNITURE, AND RUNWAY VIDEOS WILL BE DISPLAYED AND CONNECTED THROUGH A SPECTACULAR SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION CREATED BY THE DESIGNER FOR THE OCCASION.
THE BOX SET CONTAINS EXCLUSIVE OBJECTS/SCULPTURES AND PRINTED MATERIAL, FEATURING IMAGES BY RICK OWENS, STEVEN KLEIN, MARIO SORRENTI, DANIELLE LEVITT, JEAN-BAPTISTE MONDINO, RICK CASTRO, PAUL KOOIKER, MICHEL HADDI, DAVID DUNAN, AND CATHERINE OPIE, AMONG OTHERS, WITH TEXTS CONTRIBUTED BY ELEONORA FIORANI, ANTONIO MANCINELLI AND ANGELO FLACCAVENTO.

* LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 RELEASED.
* BOX DIMENSIONS 39X39 CM














12/14/17

RICK OWENS: SUBHUMAN INHUMAN SUPERHUMAN


I AM SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TRIENNALE DI MILANO EXHIBITION OF MY LONGTIME PAL- RICK OWENS

RICK OWENS: SUBHUMAN INHUMAN SUPERHUMAN
 IS A DEF RETROSPECTIVE OF RICK'S CREATIONS FROM THE LAST 20 OR SO YEARS.
 PRESENTED AS A JOURNEY- (THE ENTRANCE- HARD  BEAMS OF LIGHT THAT CONFRONT THE VIEWER.. ARE WE WAITING FOR AN INVITATION OR SHOULD WE JUST PASS THE VORTEX?)- OF  LIFE EXPLORATION.

 AS RICK SAYS-
"THE CREATIVE EXPRESSION IS THE OPPOSITE OF DEATH.... 
ITS HOPE." 

THERE'S NO TRUER WORDS THAN THIS.
IF YOU ARE IN MILANO, ITALY CHECK IT OUT. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR VIEW ON LIFE.









 

8/7/17

CLASSIC VIVIENNE WESTWOOD

Vivienne Westwood | Autumn/Winter 1993-1994: "Anglomania"

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD | MAN FASHION SHOW - FALL WINTER 2016/2017