Photographs courtesy of Marco Madeira.
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 .
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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