Reblog: February 11, 2022. RICK OWENS. FALL 2022 – PARIS

(Image: Rick Owens 2022)

" ...Owens, who has just visited Egypt, has reincorporated the bunker-like cenotaph of his Palais de Tokyo past resonations, to set in place his Fall 2022 “STROBE” collection.   Holding the benchmark, of his oracle Trumpet of Doom stylizations, the darkness has certainly returned as the models walk down the spiral staircase into the stark foundations of the Palais de Tokyo, only to be illuminated by a strobe lighting effect within the carnivorous area.   The collection has a churlish, even sadomasochistic overtone to its impression, which is not unusual for Owens to represent in past runways shows.  Although with his latest array, holds a more militaristic and harsher look as opposed to his Spring 2022 styles.   The whole collection, despite the details presented, were shrouded in darkness except for the flash of the strobe lights, giving it a secretive and underground feel.  Is this Owens’s detachment from the fashion industry?  Or commentary of what it is to be, as an independent fashion designer surrounded by these all encroaching conglomerates, that for the most part are gobbling up smaller designer labels. 

Is creativity in fashion dying?

Owens’s oracles of the tumult that may indeed reply with another question:  “Are we at the end or the beginning?”