Reblog: March 03, 2022. RICK OWENS. FALL 2022 RTW - PARIS FASHION WEEK

 

"As noted in my Fall 2022 review, Rick Owens is a designer with a unique gift.  Able to be inspired by his own backlog of creations since his first showing at New York Fashion Week in 2002, Owens has an aptitude in constantly redefining  his signature brand.  Sound paradoxical?  Because it is, as a shrewd street guy, he has been to turn over a new look every season, that by its definition is on par with the same stylizations that occurred almost two decades prior.  And, if the devil-is-in-the-details, it would be the very slight tweaks of fabrics and accessories that assist in newer collections looking fresh and innovative.   The skills in achieving this technique of 'here and now' creations, within its bracket of time, are a honed and polished affair.  No many, say, traditionally taught fashion designers have that nous, it takes a type of unorthodox characteristic, which Owens has, that very few creatives possess.

Since returning to Paris after spending, with his wife Michèle Lamy, a good portion of the global pandemic in Lido, Venice.  Owen's return to the runway began with his very cult like and doomish men's collection, which was a spill over from the women's collections that he presented in Lido, all manifested a visual decree of a cultish overture, more so the women's styles which reflected a oracle like presence amongst a pandemic that showed no signs of abating at the height of 2020 and 2021.  Now, although the virus continues to mutate, another event which has taken hold over the world, is the invasion of Ukraine by Russia..."

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Full review: https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2022/03/rick-owens-fall-2022-rtw-paris-fashion.html