Rick Owens Mens FW11 Paris

[mrbeuys]

http://dianepernet.typepad.com/diane/2011/01/rick-owens-fw-201112.html

[mrbeuys]

And a note on the music for seenmy



Obviously remixed and updated.

[Shucks]

'aaardcooore u know the score!

seriously, they played felix at the show? i thought it couldn't get better than that stripped down mix of human resource's dominator a few seasons ago...

i love this guy...

[kunk75]

and i have swamp land in florida to sell you

really? That kind of freaks me out...
(in a good way )

Anyway, I absolutely love the use of black fur. I think a Rick Owens fur coat should be considered the next level (can't really tell if that thing is a coat or a vest, love it either way though)

[miserableman]

I agree with the comments on the boots. It would be nice to see some variation rather continual minor tweaks on the same shape of boot.

[kunk75]

so jealous of those who attended, this was a fantastic presentation judging by the video. I think I have changed my tune, that toggle coat is mine!

[Shucks]

toggles up close:

[jogu]

^ like that upclose shot of the toggles . i like that theres only 2 and the way it looks like its pullin both sides together

[kunk75]

guess the zippers are just ornamentation

[Shucks]

look like pockets to me... no?

[jogu]

haha nice eye shucks i didnt even notice that till u mentioned it . they probly are pockets

[BUMMER]

(Transferred from Rick Owens/'Designers and Their Work forum):

Would love to know the details on the material (wool) he's using on his non-leather pieces here.
Exhilarated by the distinct jump in substance, quality, shape, even the styling.
Excited to see that the shows focus moves constantly to different elements throughout the show and doesn't just lean on an endless stream of desirable leather jackets and crazy(yet also desirable)boots.
Impressed by this shows abundance of typically out-there looks with the distinction that I would like to wear many of the looks from this show head to toe if given the chance (funding, scholarship, whatever).
I feel he's bringing more of the conceptual/architectural substance usually reserved for the women's collections into this collection. (As Heirloom asked for previously (of Junya actually) and is receiving here in full!)

Standout looks/pieces for me:
Look 1. Hard to resist a skinhead, boy-priest from outer space look in all black wool.
(Even the turtlenecks in looks 8 and 15 are oddly special somehow.)
Toggle coats and hooded overcoats are great. Shearling, mink and/or red fox-remnant lined hooded coat is particularly bananas.
The dress-like wool wraps in looks 22-25 introduce an artfully unforced feminine quality.
White lining that pops in at look 26 is wonderful.
Look 27: Ribbed knife jacket overcoat.
33-36 is just fantastic: I love the near-navy blue, satin obi-sash-cummerbunds.
'Chaka' (look 36) is especially great.

[mrbeuys]

From Dazed

How would you sum up the collection?

"Service! I never really analyse beforehand but now, looking back, I can see what I was thinking. There's almost Priestly and gas station attended looks, and sort of military influences. I like the idea of 'service' and 'responsibility' in fashion, they are positive messages that don't get put out there very often in a fashion context. Service is the opposite of entitlement and think I there's a lot of entitlement in the fashion world and I wanted to propose something different."

[kunk75]

i'll buy that but i bet you'll have to pump a lot of gas to buy the toggle leather

[Shucks]

shucks over and out