excerpt: Rick Owens. Men's Fall/Winter 2026, 2027 - Paris Fashion Week.

 

"...living in Paris since 2002, with his wife Michèle Lamy, somewhat away from the recent turmoil of America, yet ever so close to the political and social turmoil that could break out in Paris again, which occurred throughout 2025.  Owens use of smoke machines has been a steady fixture since his Libo, Venice days in 2020, when he and Lamy retreated to the beaches of Libo, during the pandmeic, the billowing smoke seems to becoming more engulfing on the runway.  Either representing a cleansing element of being reborn, as I have noted in previous Owens shows, or currently reflecting the massive amount of tear gas authorities have been using in America on anti-immigration protesters. To which, CS gas has known carcinogens. Owens runway smoke is of course non toxic, with a notes of Sage, portraying the cleansing aspect to be the motivation or a paradoxical infusion of what smoke can also be used for, disorientation. 

Owens Fall 2026 collection, is more aligned with the darker military imprint from prior collections, albeit with a serious, and more insulated, intense tone.  And as mentioned, this is not new, nor innovating for Owens, as his prophetic aesthetics are now becoming a reality.  It has to be said, that doomsday is not a prestaged costume show.  

It's already here."

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Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/01/rick-owens-mens-fallwinter-2026-2027.html

(A.Glass 2026)