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  • Faust
    kitsch killer
    • Sep 2006
    • 37852

    #16
    Re: RICK OWENS



    http://www.velvet-tees.com/velvetHome_retail.htm



    Higher quality and cheaper than james pearse and c&c. I get them at Century 21 for $20... Funny thing is The Library has them next to Poell, haha.

    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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    • xcoldricex
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2006
      • 1347

      #17
      Re: RICK OWENS



      disappointed with the fit of the drkshdw l/s tees (sleeves are ribbed which i didn't realize from the pictures, but it looked fine) i got from yoox. it looks fine in the front but there's just too much fabric in the body- so it billows out in the back, which makes it look rather odd when looking at a side profile. the cotton isn't anything to write home about either. if the fit was corrected i might have kept them. or maybe i just need to try the small size. :\



      re: velvet tees there's nothing in their online shop!

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      • Faust
        kitsch killer
        • Sep 2006
        • 37852

        #18
        Re: RICK OWENS

        [quote user="new_dawn_fades"][quote user="Faust"][quote user="new_dawn_fades"]

        Kodak.. i am also not sure why but He must havehad a private showing to buyers only or something on those lines..



        there arent many looks on the website tho.. but they look pretty good..



        i like how he used what looks like a very light organdy or voile? on a bomber with tucks, panels etc...



        u can even see the tshirt through it.. that seems very interesting.. the kind of design i look forward to seeing..



        i think that collection(mailine) on the website is probably one of the best ss07 menswear i have seen..



        like the double breaasted coat with the inverted pleat on the back... beautiful play on masculine feminine aspects/balance.. etc.



        I just love his use of fabrics...amazing feel..



        but what ticks me off sometimes is the way its cut...almost as if u have to be over 6'1 (im 5'10-11)



        and his tees are soo damn long.. on me at least..



        and ofcourse the pricetag :P



        im a student sale slut :P



        [/quote]





        Yea, many of his cuts are ridiculous. I have to say though, there is something about that unapologetic stance, a certain sense of integrity. I don't think he is being elitist the way Balenciaga or Dior Homme are, using super skinny cuts as a marketing gimmick to increase desirability for their product (both houses has let out some inches in their sizing since, sort of opening the flood gates for the hungry consumer) - I think he just does clothes the way he sees it. Rei Kawakubo have always said that she got into designing because she did not see the clothes she wanted to wear, and that shed did everything as if for herself. I sense the same thing with Rick Owens. He is asking of people to share in a certain aesthetic, nothing more - I respect that (it's also one of the reasons I love Ann so much, she seems to have the most integrity as a designer - all she is looking for is for people who share her aesthetic). Most of Rick's clothes are not for me, but I still like them.



        [/quote]



        i totally agree with you on that note.. i totally respect the angle he is coming from..



        what i meant is that its annoying for me cos i love his clothes so much...and i can pull a lot of his clothes off... just those tshirts... :D



        its a question of me being able to afford it... hopefully sooner..







        [/quote]



        I gotcha.

        Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

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        • goethe
          Member
          • Oct 2006
          • 47

          #19
          Re: RICK OWENS

          drkshdw and lillies for women are nice because they are so fine(thin) and the colors are nice and muted. but i agree with faust. velvet makes really nice shirts for a fraction of the price... and they make them extra long like drkshdw. also, majestic makes really nice shirts. they tend to have a slight stretch but they are so comfortable and wear nicely!

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          • Faust
            kitsch killer
            • Sep 2006
            • 37852

            #20
            Re: RICK OWENS




            From PaperMag





            It's 11 a.m. on a sunny day in Paris, and 44-year-old designer Rick
            Owens has just returned from his morning trek with a bag of warm
            croissants and fresh orange juice. Owens's gargantuan, bunkerlike home
            and workspace is in two adjoining buildings that once housed the French
            Socialist Party headquarters. The front building, with pale yellow rooms
            and molding like wedding-cake icing, is from the 1850s; the rear, sleek
            and clean five-story structure was built a century later. Owens sits in
            what used to be Mitterrand's office and displays his collection for
            Revillon, the label founded in 1723 that he became the designer of four
            years ago.




            He cracks a croissant in half, gulps down some OJ. With his build,
            Owens, clad in a tight tank top and skinny black jeans from his own
            line, looks like a younger Iggy Pop -- sinewy and smooth. Long,
            pin-straight black hair flows over his shoulders. Owens tells me he's a
            "routine addict." "I have my little triangle," he explains. "Gym. Home.
            Food. I like the monastic lifestyle, very severe in a way. I like having
            everything very organized." Yet out of the blue, four years ago, Owens
            and his kittenish wife, Michele Lamy, the queen of Hollywood's hottest
            restaurant, Les Deux Cafés, hightailed it to Paris. They haven't been
            back to the States since. Owens couldn't resist the Revillon gig.




            We walk through a storeroom next door where a wax figure of Owens -- jeans
            yanked down, holding its willy and peeing -- looms over a rack of Revillon
            fur pieces. The photo-real figure was sculpted in London by artisans who
            work for Madame Tussaud's, and made for an event in Florence last
            January that was sponsored by Fondazione Pitti Discovery. At the
            exhibit, the Owens mannequin was suspended in midair, a constant stream
            of faux piss jetting across the space and onto a pile of mirrors.
            Upstairs, in the 1950s building, we find Lamy. She's in head-to-toe
            black-and-gray Rick Owens. Her two front teeth are gold plated. I tell
            her that L.A.'s A-list laments the closing of Les Deux, as regulars
            called her restaurant. "It brings tears to my eye every single time
            someone tells me that," she confesses. "We have café nights here," Owens
            interrupts with a wink. "Michele has dinner parties on the terrace. We
            have the same music. Everyone is passing through Paris all the time.
            Sometimes it's kind of eerie, all these old faces."







            When Owens found the buildings, he tore out the carpeting, stripped the
            wallpaper and gutted a warren of office cubicles. The result: raw,
            uneven and mottled concrete floors and Spartan white walls. It's the
            ideal setting for Owens's men's and women's collections, which are luxe
            and tailored to fit the body like a glove. The upstairs living area is
            decked with Owens's furniture line. Influenced by Bauhaus and Art Deco,
            Owens's square, spare pieces are constructed of plywood, resin and
            bones, then covered with supple cashmere, mink, and fox fur left over
            from his collections. In a guest room, a sectional couch-cum-bed is
            upholstered in green Swiss army blankets that Owens found at a flea
            market in Naples.




            We check out the huge back terrace, which overlooks the grand gardens of
            the Ministry of Defense, smack next door. This is the spot where Owens
            and Lamy feel most at home. "It's so great for work," he says. "There
            are ducks squawking. They come over from the Jardin des Tuileries, the
            fattest pigeons you've ever seen. They can barely fly. They bend the
            branches."




            Owens also spends much of his time in Concordia, Italy, where his
            collections are produced in a small factory. "It's in the middle of
            nowhere," he says, grinning. "No McDonald's. No Starbucks."




            The latest, biggest news is Owens's first shop in the Palais Royal. The
            flagship carries his signature line, Revillon and the furniture
            collection, which he claims he started on a whim. "The furniture is an
            expensive hobby," he says. "But I am completely committed to it."




            Outside, smartly uniformed guards patrol the square, which is in the 7th
            Arrondissement, arguably the most conservative neighborhood in Paris.
            Video surveillance cameras watch the streets 24/7 like Big Brother.
            Owens and Lamy definitely stand out against the pruned classic maisons
            and political figures and dignitaries. It's as if la famille Osbourne
            moved next door to Queen Elizabeth. "It's a funny contrast from
            Hollywood Boulevard to this area," Owens says. "This area is like a
            stage set. There's a severity to it. How ironic it is. But the
            perversity of it certainly appeals to me."




            The numerous showrooms are buzzing with buyers and French and Italian
            editors bombarding the racks. Owens goes to the kitchen and pours a
            large cup of coffee. The phones ring constantly. He inhales deeply, his
            lean chest puffing up, ready to tackle work. A smile creeps onto his
            angular face. In Rick Owens's world, routine is bliss.










            Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

            StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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            • Faust
              kitsch killer
              • Sep 2006
              • 37852

              #21
              Re: RICK OWENS

              Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

              StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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              • xcoldricex
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2006
                • 1347

                #22
                Re: RICK OWENS

                just read a short article on rick in one of the recent GQ (UKedition?)... said he started off in the fashion business as a guy who did fakes of versace clothing!!! they'd give him a coat to copy and he would do the patterns for it. hahaha.

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                • clay
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 284

                  #23
                  Re: RICK OWENS

                  Gotta give it to him, he's come a long way.

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                  • Faust
                    kitsch killer
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 37852

                    #24
                    Re: RICK OWENS



                    From the Lilies line. Lilies fabrics are pure heaven, but I'd be so afraid for them, they seem extremely delecate.





                    Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                    StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                    • battles
                      Junior Member
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 21

                      #25
                      Re: RICK OWENS



                      new ss07 mens collection pictures are now up on http://www.owenscorp.eu/
                      i'm really liking what i see...








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                      • Kodak
                        Senior Member
                        • Oct 2006
                        • 191

                        #26
                        Re: RICK OWENS

                        The new F/W 07-08 Mens collection is up on the site and it is a must see. Check it out http://www.owenscorp.com/#

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                        • Faust
                          kitsch killer
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 37852

                          #27
                          Re: RICK OWENS

                          FUCK - there goes my money.
                          Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde

                          StyleZeitgeist Magazine

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                          • Servo2000
                            Senior Member
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 2183

                            #28
                            Re: RICK OWENS

                            Oh my god, fantastic.
                            WTB: Rick Owens Padded MA-1 Bomber XS (LIMO / MOUNTAIN)

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                            • PrinceOfCats
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 100

                              #29
                              Re: RICK OWENS

                              Where's carrying Rick Owens in London? I can't stand Brown's mark-up and Liberty's are a bit hopeless...
                              the extraordinary metamorphosis of one black liquid into another

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                              • sbw4224
                                Senior Member
                                • Sep 2006
                                • 571

                                #30
                                Re: RICK OWENS

                                Rick Owens is seriously stepping up his level of creativity and quality. Those last few jackets are genius to the look, and if anything like his last collection, beautiful to the touch. I can't wait to see this in stores.

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