![]() Owens, a forty-six-year-old California native, whose deceptively casual designs combine luxury fabrics-ostrich, gazar, organza, and pleated eelskin-with meticulous, highly unconventional construction, has become the foremost purveyor of what he has called “glunge” (grunge plus glamour). Owens has been showing his label on the runway for just six years, but since the late nineties stylish women-including Helena Bonham Carter, Ellen Barkin, Angelina Jolie, and (lately) the Olsen twins-have been wearing his long, clingy T-shirts, elegantly asymmetrical dresses, and skinny-armed leather jackets, which are in constant demand at Barneys. It was two days before the beginning of Fashion Week, and Valentine, who had been selected by Owens as a fitting model, would spend the morning trying on garments from his Spring 2008 collection, which was to be presented at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts on Sunday. One Friday morning last September, Valentine, a tall blond Dutch model, arrived at the studio of Rick Owens, the American fashion designer, who lives and works in a five-story mansion on the Place du Palais Bourbon, in central Paris. Owens, with his fur consultant and a fitting model, is the foremost purveyor of what he has called “glunge” (grunge plus glamour). ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |