Rick Owens

[mrbeuys]

no not that one. i think that is ghettoalazar's pair. the one i am talking about is just basically the heel part and it was replaced/resoled after being beat up. i need a pic to show to a cobbler of what i want done, since i have reached the second layer already.

OK, try these

[mononon]

perfect. exactly the pics i was looking for! thanks for the quick replies mr. beuys

[mrbeuys]

thanks for the quick replies mr. beuys

My pleasure, I am seriously procrastinating and anything that keeps my from finishing my client presentation is welcome. Cue me sitting here until 4am.

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this I like very much. more so than the current stuff dare I say.

[stretcheroo]

XL Mollino in Dust

If any of you come across this jacket in your travels--online or otherwise-- please let me know. AW 09. Thanks in advance.

[sargon97]

How can you tell the Guidi made RO Combat boots?

I've seem at least 3 versions of which I assume the earliest is Guidi, not sure about the one with white stitching or the flat soled ones.

[sargon97]

If any of you come across this jacket in your travels--online or otherwise-- please let me know. AW 09. Thanks in advance.

What finish are you looking for?

[Faust]

How can you tell the Guidi made RO Combat boots?

I've seem at least 3 versions of which I assume the earliest is Guidi, not sure about the one with white stitching or the flat soled ones.

I am not sure they make them, but they provide the leather.

[stretcheroo]

What finish are you looking for?

not sure what the finish is called -- the pictures are available at zekka.com in the blog. thanks for looking around.

[sargon97]

not sure what the finish is called -- the pictures are available at zekka.com in the blog. thanks for looking around.

Hammered lamb.

[beyondthemeans]

How do you guys think Rick Owens fits into the current zeitgeist? To me he's an avant garde designer, but as it comes to his designs, he doesnt follow trends or anything, right?

And how do you guys think he stays fresh all the time? Lately I get the feeling that he's just repeating his menswear season after season (since FW07 or something), with just minor changes.
His womanswear at the other hand seems to get more of a change in silhouet, but stays true to Rick Owens, you know? Or maybe thats just the colorpalette that he uses.
What you guys think?

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How do you guys think Rick Owens fits into the current zeitgeist? To me he's an avant garde designer, but as it comes to his designs, he doesnt follow trends or anything, right?

I am not the most knowledgeable on Rick Owens, aside from admiring his stuff here and what I can see in stores don't own any...but what (i think it's you?) laika once said about him being the ultimate postmodern designer I'd agree with as an accurate statement, especially considering his overall presentation of himself molded into the statement made through his work.

i think there is something reliable and comforting about a designer who's found their voice and doesn't shift too much from season-to-season....just as Yohji could be counted on for the typical black blazer + trousers with minor detail adjustments , the same could probably be said w/ RO and his comfortable casuality in dusty tones. I hope he continues experimenting more w/ the tailoring side and branch out his Helmut Berger vision; his Neil Young is pretty much perfected at this point.

[sargon97]

I thought I read somewhere that Guidi used to make RO shoes, but now I can't find it. Probably incorrect at any rate.

[DANSER]

i dont think they make his footwear

[beyondthemeans]

I am not the most knowledgeable on Rick Owens, aside from admiring his stuff here and what I can see in stores don't own any...but what (i think it's you?) laika once said about him being the ultimate postmodern designer I'd agree with as an accurate statement, especially considering his overall presentation of himself molded into the statement made through his work.

i think there is something reliable and comforting about a designer who's found their voice and doesn't shift too much from season-to-season....just as Yohji could be counted on for the typical black blazer + trousers with minor detail adjustments , the same could probably be said w/ RO and his comfortable casuality in dusty tones. I hope he continues experimenting more w/ the tailoring side and branch out his Helmut Berger vision; his Neil Young is pretty much perfected at this point.

Thanks for the reply man. I'm taking this designer research class where I do research of Rick Owens. This helped me a lot!

I was thinking as well that he is almost the brand himself, he is, but I mean his appearance and who he is (at least how he puts himself out there). Allthough, I read in an interview that he said something like he makes clothing for people with features that he doesn't have, but like to have.
Also, I kind of question sometimes if it's really that he can do just minor changes to existing designs because the are as great as they are already, or that it might be some kind of marketing thing. I met him a couple of times and twice he told me to go to his shop and check out some of his clothing, while I didn't even give the slightest suggestion for him to say something like that.