RICK OWENS SS27 WOMENS STONE

SS27 STONE WOMEN’S THURSDAY 01 OCTOBER 2026 PALAIS DE TOKYO, 13 AVENUE DU PRÉSIDENT WILSON, 75116 PARIS THIS SEASON’S COLLECTION IS TITLED ‘STONE’, WHICH HAS 3 CONTRASTING IMPLICATIONS FOR ME: —ELEGANT STOICISM OR —THE STONE THROWN ASIDE DURING CHRIST’S RESURRECTION, A METAPHOR FOR TRANSCENDENT RELEASE FROM FULFILLED DUTIFUL SACRIFICE OR —ALL-TOO-COMMON STONE THROWING, WHICH I HAVE MADE MY LIFE’S MODEST MISSION TO OPPOSE I HAD FOUND A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL NYLON WEBBING STRAP, USED FOR TRANSPORTING SHIPPING CRATES, AND I ASKED ONE OF MY COMO-BASED PROVIDERS TO TURN IT INTO A TEXTILE, RESULTING IN A HEAVY DOUBLE-DUCHESSE, CUT INTO GARMENTS THAT ARE SLABS OF RIGID FABRIC CROSSED WITH GIRDERED LINES. SUMPTUOUS AND INDUSTRIALLY AUSTERE. STOIC. OTHER GOWNS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A HEAVYWEIGHT PURE SILK DUCHESSE, WOVEN IN THE COMO REGION OF ITALY, IN A SATIN WEAVE WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH DENSITY OF APPROXIMATELY 100 DOUBLE-TWISTED SILK YARNS PER CENTIMETER — THE COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION REQUIRES A SLOW WEAVING PROCESS THAT PRODUCES ONLY 30 METERS OF FABRIC PER DAY. FLOWING PANTS, TUNICS AND MICROJACKETS COME IN MULTICOLORED 13OZ SULFUR-DYED JAPANESE DENIMS, WOVEN BY A DENIM AND HEAVY-DUTY WORKWEAR MILL FOUNDED IN 1941 AND LOCATED IN KOJIMA, OKAYAMA PREFECTURE, THE HISTORIC CENTER OF JAPANESE DENIM PRODUCTION. THE DENIMS ARE TREATED WITH A BLEACH-DÉGRADÉ PROCESS IN OUR ITALIAN WASH HOUSE IN THE VENETO REGION OF ITALY. PANTS AND MICROJACKETS ARE ALSO CUT IN LIGHTWEIGHT LAMB LEATHER PRODUCED BY A SECOND-GENERATION, FAMILY-OWNED TANNERY IN SOLOFRA, OUTSIDE NAPOLI IN SOUTHERN ITALY, RUN BY TWO BROTHERS. THE LEATHER IS HAND-FINISHED, USING NATURAL WAXES APPLIED IRREGULARLY ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE HIDE AND THEN HEAT-PRESSED TO CREATE A NATURAL GLOSSY SHEEN THAT SOFTENS AND FADES WITH WEAR. SLOUCHY SKIRTS WITH DEEP POCKETS COME WITH A SHARP BUSTLE TO EXAGGERATE THE INDENTATION OF THE LOWER BACK. THE LOWER BACK IS ALSO FEATURED IN HALTER DRESSES WITH WINGED COLLARS. THE TENSEGRITY CONSTRUCTIONS RENDERED IN LATEX AND LEATHER FROM OUR PAST MEN’S SHOW RETURN AS FROTHY TULLE NÉGLIGÉES FOR THIS WOMEN’S COLLECTION. TENSEGRITY, A TERM COINED BY BUCKMINSTER FULLER IN THE 1960S, REFERS TO A STRUCTURAL SYSTEM OF ISOLATED COMPONENTS UNDER COMPRESSION INSIDE A NETWORK OF CONTINUOUS TENSION. TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES ARE FOUND IN BOTH ARCHITECTURE AND NATURE. IN THE HUMAN BODY, BONES ARE HELD IN COMPRESSION WHILE THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES ARE HELD INTENSION. MILLEFOGLIE JACKETS ARE COMPOSED OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALLY-CUT CIRCLES OF GRS-CERTIFIED RECYCLED NYLON TULLE, CUT FROM ALMOST 200 METERS OF FABRIC. EACH CIRCLE IS INDIVIDUALLY SEWN ONTO A TULLE BASE, WHICH IS THEN SCULPTED ONTO THE BODY AND HAND-SEWN TO A HEAVY COTTON POPLIN BASE. EACH JACKET TAKES APPROXIMATELY 45 HOURS TO COMPLETE. I HAVE BEEN USING PENTAGRAMS AS MY LITTLE PROTEST AGAINST JUDGMENTAL CONDEMNATION AND INTOLERANCE. WE CAN SEE THAT IT CAN BE HUMAN NATURE TO SUPERSTITIOUSLY DEMONIZE OTHERNESS. DRAWING GRAPHS, CYPHERS, AND SYMBOLS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WAY TO REPRESENT SYSTEMS OF CONTROL — STARS ARE MAGIC SYMBOLS AND I USE MINE TO ENCOURAGE AN OPEN HEART. CASTING ANGUS MUNRO (AMC CASTING) STYLING TYRONE DYLAN SUSMAN HAIR DUFFY (STREETERS) MAKEUP DANIEL SALLSTROM (MA WORLD GROUP) HAIR/MAKEUP CONCEPT FIGA.LINK NAILS CHRISTINA CONRAD (CALLISTE) PRODUCTION LA MODE EN IMAGES MUSIC CUSTOM SOUNDTRACK BY SISSY MISFIT