Designer Rick Owens Kicks The Fashion Show's Ass
He eschews the papercut-thin models and blank faces in favor of fierce college step teams for his Paris runway show. Allie Jones writes in The Atlantic:
The steppers, who hail from New York, D.C., and Maryland, started practicing five months before the show, and their routine was choreographed by the mother-daughter team Lauretta and Leeanet Noble. Each woman had to be individually fitted for the clothes, which Owens said was "good exercise" for him. Some designers argue that having standardized, tall, thin models is just the easiest way to show (and sell) the clothes.Owens' show perhaps meant the most to the women in it. Stepper Adrianna Cornish, a student at the University of Maryland, told Givhan with tears in her eyes, "We're here and I still can't believe . . . It's something I never would have dreamed of, and I really don't have the words to describe it." According to fellow stepper Shantell Richardson, everyone was crying by the end of the show.
The video:
Here's a piece about Owens and his wife, Michelle Lamy, both of whom I met through a business friend and hung out with for an hour one afternoon at her then-LA club/restaurant, Les Deux Cafés. We later made a trip over to his nearby workshop to see his work. Amazing designer, amazing designs, sweet guy, formidable wife.
The clothes don't look fashionable; they look like rags on slaves.
Snoopy at October 2, 2013 10:28 AM
Nothing says "Buy my designer duds" like a bunch of angry steppers.
I liked some of the outfits, but I couldn't help being turned off by the angry expressions on the young women's faces.
Kat at October 2, 2013 2:00 PM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/rick-owens-kick.html#comment-3953641">comment from KatThey aren't playing to the ordinary person but the fashion press.
And Rick Owens' leather jackets and some of his dresses are absolutely beautiful. I would buy them if I could afford them.
Amy Alkon
at October 2, 2013 2:10 PM
I wouldn't have used step as they tend to bend at the torso a lot, creating tons of creases. I do appreciate him showing his designs on women who are not over 5'10" and only 110lbs.
Unfortunate that people who choose to be fashion designers find it too much work to design for more than one size.
NikkiG at October 2, 2013 3:51 PM
I love it. I actually like his clothes-most fashion shows I see are completely unwearable nonsense. They could move in those clothes. If I could and cared to buy from a designer, it would be him.
momof4 at October 2, 2013 7:19 PM
Can anybody identify the music? I'd buy that.
llater,
llamas
llamas at October 3, 2013 2:30 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/rick-owens-kick.html#comment-3954925">comment from llamasThis music makes me want to kill myself, but here:
http://www.gq.com/fashion-shows/blogs/fashion-week/2013/06/getting-to-know-rick-owenss-werewolf-rock-band.html#ixzz2gf7xlt5s
Winny Puhh (which actually translates, we believe, to "Winnie the Pooh") is an Estonian group best known for its viral hit, "Meiecundimees ÿks Korsakov lÿks eile Lÿtti," which earned the band such accolades as a third-place finish in the Estonian qualifying rounds of the 2013 Eurovision contest.
Amy Alkon
at October 3, 2013 5:44 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/rick-owens-kick.html#comment-3954928">comment from Amy AlkonHmm... I sense that maybe this was the music BEFORE the show.
Amy Alkon
at October 3, 2013 5:48 AM
Jean Paul did this fantastic thing with Coco Rocha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK3tGZtJB7s
Coco was a Canadian girl learning river dance when she was spotted by a scout.
Think she is still considered a top model now, though maybe she's too old to be considered prime anymore.
Ppen at October 3, 2013 6:05 AM
These high-end fashion shows are a bit reminiscent of WWE wrestling spectacles. Admittedly, I have very little fashion sense, but I have constructed similar garments from garbage bags for rainy days out on the trail. :)
Jeff at October 3, 2013 8:58 AM
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