Excerpt: RICK OWENS. MEN'S FALL 2024 - PARIS FASHION WEEK.
"In February 2023 I reviewed the Moncler show in all of its absurdity, as a grandiose showing at the Olympia London, for London Fashion Week. Suffice to say Rick Owens falls under the Moncler banner as one their collaborative designers, which showcased his creativity via the conglomerate owned mountaineering brand. And for Moncler's Fall 2023 he designed a sealed in vault like, insulted and padded double bed, to which, as an ironic and symbolic centerpiece, to sleep out the next crisis. And irony, which may or may not offer us all a warning, from its harbingers intuition, that these crisis are coming in thick and fast. As noted from my Rick Owens reviews since he returned to Paris from Lido in Venice, as the ongoing COVID pandemic has been left to fester and mutate every year, that an all clear and economic 'freedom' has tentatively been granted and managed by the infinite wisdom of our lawmakers, albeit the vaccine boosters every year. The human race has stepped back into the chaotic new normal, with wars and genocide breaking out all over the place, from Gaza's destruction by a maniacal Israel, Ukraine/Russia bloody stalemate, South East Asia on the brink, destabilisation in Central America and Africa. Climate change kicking in, heatwaves and harsh winters. Sealing, whilst shielding yourself off from a world at the threshold of ruination would be, even if metaphorically, a wise thing to do..."
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Full review: https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2024/01/rick-owens-mens-fall-2024-paris-fashion.html
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