Rick Owens F/W 14/15 Paris

[gazebo]

First look : *



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[Zazie]

He used to be a designer I completely worship, but I don't know where Rick Owens has been going for 3 to 4 seasons now, just don't understand this repetitious acerbic direction. I just don't "get it" anymore. Admire his guts to send these looks out though.

 

[gazebo]

The cast is epic! I love all the mature models *!! The collection is interesting, Love all the Gazar pieces. After last season anything is an improvement.

 

[Morphe]

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[Morphe]

 

[Morphe]

 

[VogueDisciple93]

The cast is the only interesting thing about the show. The clothes was just a parade of slabs of leather and fabric. The uninteresting clothes looked even more austere and ridiculous on the non-model women.

 

[MulletProof]

He seems to have turned himself into the pun of his own joke.. as if exhausting and eyeroll-inducing collections like this (and the 35 going on 15 peacocking clientele) weren't the main reason I lost interest, I was bored enough to end up reading an interview he recently did for Dazed and Confused the other day... even Giorgio Armani sounds less delusional, senile and narcissistic than this character. The Avril Lavigne of fashion, ah so badass and unlike the rest of them poor sheep. Really scratching my head trying to figure out this "tiny", hard to access clique of 250,506,988 inspirational people channeling individuality, defying standards and so free of status dressing codes by falling on their knees to the seasonal black tunic thrown by 'the man', bone style.

 

[tangerine]

So you liked it, then, MP? lol

Why the cropped images? Models not pretty (young) enough for tFS readers?

I am more a Rick Owens fan than not, but I don't see much to inspire me in these clothes.

 

[MulletProof]

... I got seizures.

 

[KKnardi]

I like this show for it's effort to showcase a different standard of beauty, it's certainly an important statement! the clothes might just make it for me, since it's a fashion show after all, it seems that the clothes came slightly secondary in focus. the jackets, Rick being the master of a chic leather jacket!, are desirable while the caftan things seem to conceal rather than reveal the diversity

 

[Fatalefashion]

Rick Owens | Fall Winter 2014/2015 | Full Show

 

[Phuel]

Thanks for posting the collection Morphe. I was too lazy/ didn't care/ couldn't be bothered to visit the other sites to view it.

Don't know what his intention is to dress mature women in what looks like very young girls (by "very young", I mean 7-year-old) clothing style; the oversized, extra-long sleeves on jackets, dangling zip-away gloves, Chuck-style footwear with leggings, and jackets worn as messenger bags. Although obviously very premium materials and nice rich colors, I find the lux-minimalist, apocalyptic look a tad tired. And it's really off-putting to see women wearing shapes more fitting on little girls, and just like that horrible collection from last season putting ill-fitting gym clothes on big, athletic female shapes.

I had no idea he was possessed of such a self-importance Mullet-- which just makes his designs and presentations that much more insufferable, since apparently, he sees himself as a revolutionary of sort. Oh brother.

 

[Nymphaea]

Horrible! 101 versions of the cape.

 

[Psylocke]

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I had no idea he was possessed of such a self-importance Mullet-- which just makes his designs and presentations that much more insufferable, since apparently, he sees himself as a revolutionary of sort. Oh brother.

So you're partly basing your judgment of this presentation on someone else's personal impression of the designer?
I have read and watched many interviews with him and I never got the impression that he was more full of himself or more obnoxious in his behavior than other designers (and I actually believe all good artists are narcissistic to some extent anyway; and it's not actually a bad thing, it probably helps creative people express themselves more freely).
Rick Owens does many weird things that I don't fully understand or agree with, and a lot of his more recent presentations were more awkward than interesting to me. But this one actually felt rather natural in a way. I don't have any issues with how these designs look on those more mature women. They all pull them off pretty well.

That being said, he doesn't offer anything new here and I found the clothes mostly boring, too. It seems more 'back to the roots' compared to his last few collections, but there's no new perspective and therefore fails to excite.

 

[StoneSkipper]

Don't know what his intention is to dress mature women in what looks like very young girls (by "very young", I mean 7-year-old) clothing style; the oversized, extra-long sleeves on jackets, dangling zip-away gloves, Chuck-style footwear with leggings, and jackets worn as messenger bags. Although obviously very premium materials and nice rich colors, I find the lux-minimalist, apocalyptic look a tad tired. And it's really off-putting to see women wearing shapes more fitting on little girls, and just like that horrible collection from last season putting ill-fitting gym clothes on big, athletic female shapes.

That's pretty much how I've been feeling about Rick Owens lately. Apparently, he's determined to show the world that "real women" can look good in his clothes, but with these kind of clothes and shows, he's actually showing that no, they can't , because it makes them look like pretentious messes with sacks for bodies.

(And I really liked the casting - but I bet I'd like it far less had I read the interview MulletProof was talking about.)

 

[Phuel]

So you're partly basing your judgment of this presentation on someone else's personal impression of the designer?

No, not at all. I already made up my mind on this particular collection with the bulk of the post that came before the comment regarding Mullet's impression of him. I never once said that I didn't like this collection or presentation based on Mullet's impression of him; I think you may have taken my post out of context in your response.

 

[Psylocke]

No, not at all. I already made up my mind on this particular collection with the bulk of the post that came before the comment regarding Mullet's impression of him. I never once said that I didn't like this collection or presentation based on Mullet's impression of him; I think you may have taken my post out of context in your response.

That's why I asked, because I wasn't sure I understood. You said it made his presentations "that much more insufferable" although you have not read the same interview MP was talking about. I don't see how anyone could judge something without having made up their own mind about that matter first, and from your post it seemed like you took someone else's impression as the truth, which would have been weird. Since I disagree about this interpretation of his persona, I wanted to add another view to that. I think the cult around him is weird, but I have no doubt that a lot of his casting choices are more genuine than some people give him credit for. I suggest watching backstage footage of his shows to get an alternate impression of his presentations. I was one of the many people who slammed his S/S 2014 presentation, but I changed my mind after seeing how genuinely excited and happy he seemed when preparing the show with the step dance group he had casted for that show.

 

[tangerine]

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Don't know what his intention is to dress mature women in what looks like very young girls (by "very young", I mean 7-year-old) clothing style; the oversized, extra-long sleeves on jackets, dangling zip-away gloves, Chuck-style footwear with leggings, and jackets worn as messenger bags...

This has nothing to do with this show's cast; these are all staples of his design aesthetic that he has been using for years. Thus the complaint that there is nothing new here.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ That's the problem with this presentation: the designs have nothing to do with the cast.

And if what you say is accurate-- that these designs are just Owen standards, then that makes this presentation even worse to me: That the casting was, once again, just a quick need to make some statement without putting in the work. Because, mature women don't look good styled as little girls. Such a lazy effort from this man with his "statements".

Psylocke: I do find his "statement" presentations insufferable for their lack of thought. The last sentence of my post should have been more as an aside to Mullet, I suppose... LOL

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, of course-- that goes without saying. But, I still find his S/S 2014 weak and totally gimmicky. The designs had nothing to do with the cast, nor the performance to me. I had mentioned when criticizing that presentation that Gaultier, back in the late-90s, presented his "Harlem Renaissance" collection that had a mainly black cast. But Gaultier went above and beyond just casting (mostly) black models; the designs were inspired by American black culture, with the jazz clubs, the Cotton Club and Hip Hop, along with stylish individuals like Nina Simone and Erykah Badu. The relationship between the designs and the cast was integral to creating the strong vision-- they inspired one another.

With the Owens Step cast, there is no connection between the cast and the designs. It was an unconventional and strong-looking cast, and I'm sure these women's energy and excitement were genuine-- but had they been replaced with a Japanese women's volleyball team in presenting the collection, it would not have made a difference since the collection had nothing to do with Step, or urban culture. It came of as gimmicky, and more than anything, thoughtless and poorly-conceived rather than a bold statement.