excerpt: Rick Owens. Spring/Summer 2027 Menswear - Paris Fashion Week.
"... Owens's Spring 2027 menswear collection revealed at his beloved Palais de Tokyo in blistering heat, in all of its 1930s Art Deco, monolith styled, pre World War Two Parisian glory, showcased his doomish elements, but as you would expect, and seen from recent showings, those rigid, militancy styles ala bondage esque dominance. Yet, the models, wearing Owens glam rock ala the late costume designer Larry LeGaspi's boots, walked down a sloped ramp, amidst the heatwave of Paris, dressed or over dressed in Owens's trademark black, are portrayed in an almost masochistic physical tilt, of self induced pain. In similarly, as mentioned, to the emotionally machoism of doom scrolling Instagram, of countless footage of protesters being assaulted and thrown around by Police. And one has to ask. Are we suckers to pain from frustration, looping doom through a digital screen?..." ___ Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/06/rick-owens-springsummer-2027-menswea...
