excerpt: Rick Owens. womens Spring/Summer 2026 - Paris Fashion Week

 

"...As noted in my review of Rick Owens mens Spring/Summer 2026 show in late June of this year, Owens is one the last remaining of the independent fashion designers, and still showcasing at Paris Fashion Week every season and year.  Which is remarkable, when the whole fashion industry has been cornered by Kering and LVMH, plus a collection of other high profile holding companies.  Owens has held the line for his signature label, and one cannot imagine how it would be if he was to leave or otherwise, although it has tantalizing possibilities, that someone could be mentored in the shadows.  But, Rick Owens is Rick Owens, and like Ann Demeulemeester the famed Belgium designer who sold her brand name to businesswoman Anne Chapelle in 2005, who then resold it to an Italian entrepreneur Claudio Antonioli in 2020.  Selling and reselling a signature label, can cause a brand to become cursed.  And maybe Owens, to avoid this, will instil, while he's still alive, an alpha and omega onto his label..."

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(A.Glass 2025)

Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/10/rick-owens-womens-springsummer-2026.html