Rick Owens penned some of the most evocative show notes of the SS23 season. Written in his trademark capital letters – he only ever uses caps – the designer spoke of how “SINUOUS GOWNS IN TRANSLUCENT LEATHER TURN THE WEARER INTO A 700-MILLION-YEAR-OLD JELLYFISH, GRACEFULLY AND LANGUOROUSLY TRAILING SHEER AND SERPENTINE TRAINS;” SILK CHARMEUSES AND CHIFFONS ARE CUT INTO GOWNS THAT TWIST AROUND THE HIPS AND TRAIL ON THE FLOOR IN SLASHES OF SLITHERING COLOUR;” and how he treated cowhides sourced from food waste with natural gelatin to give them a sheer, flesh-like quality, “LIKE WEARING GELATINOUS FRUIT ROLL UPS.”
Photography Cris Fragkou
