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Femme Eté 2006

Rick Owens
…… Palais de la Découverte

By working most of his fabrics in the bias, Rick Owens imparts his garments with a spiral movement which brings to mind the ascending torsions of Art Nouveau. His overwhelmingly desirable jackets borrow their organic shapes from orchids or marine creatures, with their undulating collars, “U” shaped curves accenting the hip and rounded asymmetrical lapels. The Los Angeles designer, who is also the artistic director of Révillon Furs, treats washed leather, python and chagreen like fabric; his mineral, subdued palette – black, clay, putty and kaolin – plays on the transparency of tulles, baring flesh and structure with a haughty, cerebral sensuality.

Denyse Beaulieu
Photos : Vincent Lappartient

Press : Michèle Montagne
www.owenscorp.com