Rick Owens

[almroth]

I think that people will view rick as a pioneer that created his own look, especially considering the buzz that's been going on lately. I do think a lot of his pieces are timeless, for example some of the rick leathers, while other pieces may not be. sometimes the "small things" matter more in the long run..

[mrbeuys]

Still, I fully expect to look at pictures of myself in 10 years thinking WTF was I wearing? (Answer: Elephant boots, etc)
Anything else would be disappointing.

[lowrey]

According to him, Rick is the perfect example of a contemporal trend of the late 00s and that he isnt gonna leave any lasting impact on the world of fashion.

What do you guys belive people are gonna think of rick and his current work in 10 years? is his work timeless or just a passing trend?

I have a feeling your friend doesn't realize how much of an influence he has already had on other labels and designers. so to say that he wont leave any impact is simply wrong, whether or not it will remain for say 20 years is impossible to say.

the fact that you described him as conservative might explain why he thinks so though, if his impression of RO is very superficial it can be easy to view his work as just a trend.

[Faust]

I think of Rick the way I think of Yohji and Ann - not in the sense of technical mastery, but in the sense that gerry pointed out in the designer ratings thread - that they are able to create their own universe and be very successful at it. So, yes, I think Rick's not going anywhere and he will go down in the history of fashion. Please don't forget how little time he has been in business. When I hear people bitching about how he lacks talent, I invite them to look at Yohji's, Rei's, Helmut's, even Ann's earlier collections - they are not nearly close to the mastery of their later work. Oh, and let's not forget the kind of garbage our beloved Carol has been making up until few years ago...

[Fuuma]

Today i got into a pretty fierce debate with one of my friends who is pretty conservative when it comes to fashion.

According to him, Rick is the perfect example of a contemporal trend of the late 00s and that he isnt gonna leave any lasting impact on the world of fashion.

What do you guys belive people are gonna think of rick and his current work in 10 years? is his work timeless or just a passing trend?

Nothing is timeless and we're talking about clothes, what is really relevant is the impact he has now.

[Konzern]

http://rapidshare.com/files/289917671/RO.zip.html

Here's a zip with a few itempics from AW08 STAG,
only 8 downloads left...

[lowrey]

I think sendspace, zshare and some others have unlimited downloads

[reac99]

Yes, can someone who managed to snag the file, upload it to another provider? I'd be most grateful.

[Konzern]

Here you go

http://www.sendspace.com/file/hp7rxa

[reac99]

That was super fast. Thanks a lot!

[klaxon]

The new issue of man about town has a good article when rick met the Russian artist andrei molodkin. Someone should post it in the media thread.

[Faust]

The new issue of man about town has a good article when rick met the Russian artist andrei molodkin. Someone should post it in the media thread.

Can that someone be you?

[klaxon]

Yes I will within a day or too.

[MikeN]

Can that someone be you?

[Servo2000]

r.i.p. :(