Rick Owens

Photographs courtesy of Marco Madeira.

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RICK OWENS ‘MOUNTAIN’ MENS A/W 2012 PRESS RELEASE

THURSDAY 19TH JANUARY 2012 – BERCY

PRESS RELEASE THE SILHOUETTE I FETISHIZE THIS SEASON IS A HIGHWAISTED ONE WITH A RIGID ALMOST MILITARY TORSO AND A VOLUMINOUS PELV I S, THE STIFF DRAPERY ALMOST REFUTING SEXUALITY WITH STATELY VOLUME . DISCIPLINED RIGIDITY ON TOP AND KABUKI SKATER MONK ON BOTTOM. I CALLED THIS COLLECTION MOUNTAIN BECAUSE I LIKE THE ALMOST MYSTICAL SUGGESTION OF A MOUNTAIN AND THE IRRESISTABLE URGE TO SCALE IT- CLIMBING TO REACH A PEAK . THE REPEATED MOTIF OF CHINESE SCHOLARS ROCKS ECHOES THIS AS WELL AS HAVING THE TOPOGRAPHY AND IMPRESSION OF A SKULL , THE CLASSIC SYMBOL OF MORTALITY AND STUDY. COLORS ARE  BLACK – SOFT BLACKS, CRISP BLACKS, CHEAP SHINY BLACKS WITH RICH THICK BLACKS AND THE DINGY WHITE SOFA 1930S OLYMPIC UNIFORM. THERE’S ALSO A FLASH OF A JARRING CELESTIAL BLUE FOR FLASHES OF TIGHTLY CONTROLLED BRITTLE EUPHORIA .

MAKEUP LUCIA PERONI ( STREETERS )

HAIR LUIGI MORENU ( STREETERS )

PROD L A MODE EN IMAGES

CASTING AM CASTING

MUSIC AUF UND AB BY CHRIS LIEBING REMIXED BY JEFF JUDD

MODEL LIST

KONRAD PHILIPP MEYER / TOMORROW #1 #26

KOURTNEY WILLIAM / MARILYN #2 #27

JABRAIL DULATOV (IBRA) / TOMORROW #3 #21

JAKE SHORTALL / BANANAS #4 #20

VIKTOR / METROPOLITAN #5 #31

WOJCIECH ZAJAC / BANANAS #6 #28

LAURI ALAVIITALA / RIGHT STUFF #7 #24

MATT KING / MARILYN #8 #30

ANDREW WESTERMANN / TOMORROW #9 #29

PAUL BOCHE / BANANAS #10 #32

BART GREIN / ANGELS+DEMONS #11 #34

DIEDERIK VAN DER LEE / SUCCESS #12 #35

DAN KLING / MAJOR #13 #33

MICHAL LEWANDOWSKI / TOMORROW #14 #36

ROGIER BOSSCHAART/ SUCCESS #15 #38

EUGENIY NEW / MADISON #16

HENNING BÜLTER / TOMORROW #17 #37

RORY O’HARA-MORTIMORE / TOMORROW #18

BENOIT BARNAY / TOMORROW #19

KRIMO YAHYAOUI / TOMORROW #22

RAFA BODGARD / BANANAS #25

SIMON KOTYK / MAJOR #26