RICK OWENS FW25 WOMENS CONCORDIANS

FW25 CONCORDIANS WOMEN’S THURSDAY 06 MARCH 2025 PALAIS DE TOKYO, 13 AVENUE DU PRÉSIDENT WILSON, 75116 PARIS FOR OUR MEN’S COLLECTION, SHOWN 6 WEEKS AGO, I WROTE THE FOLLOWING: “NAMING THIS COLLECTION CONCORDIANS, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY 22 YEARS OF TRAVELING TO OUR FACTORY IN THIS SMALL INDUSTRIAL ITALIAN TOWN, CONCORDIA. AND NOT JUST ALONE BUT WITH MY TEAM, ALL TRAVELING FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE GLITTERING CITIES – TO LIVE HERE IN A KIND OF STUDIOUS ISOLATION. ALMOST BLEAKNESS. THIS CLOISTERED LIFE SEEMS TO BE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON REACHING FOR SOMETHING WEIRD AND WONDERFUL…AFTER 20 YEARS OF TRAVELING HERE, I HAVE UPGRADED MY CARRY ON WITH A NEW RIMOWA COLLABORATION CUSTOMIZED WITH A BRONZED EXTERIOR AND FULLY-LINED IN BLACK LEATHER. I ASKED RIMOWA TO GIVE ME THE BRONZE OF A RICHARD SERRA WALL AND, BLESS THEIR HEARTS, THEY DID.” WELL, THE RIMOWAS ARE SOLD OUT NOW, BUT WE ARE STILL OFFERING THE LEATHER BEAUTY CASES MADE TO MATCH THE LEATHER INTERIORS OF THE CARRY-ONS. THE RIMOWA COLLAB INSPIRED ME TO OFFER LEATHER FLIGHT JACKETS, ALSO LINED IN LEATHER – SOMETHING THAT HAD SURPRISINGLY NEVER OCCURRED TO ME BEFORE. I’VE CONTINUED MY COLLABORATION FROM LAST FALL WITH LEO PROTHMANN, A LONDON DESIGNER WHO PROPOSED LEATHER CHAPS, WHICH WE HAVE ALSO LINED IN LEATHER. LEATHER LININGS HAVE A DELICIOUSLY FETISHISTIC QUALITY, BUT ALSO A DISCREET OPULENCE THAT HAS ALWAYS APPEALED TO ME IN THE WORK OF 1930S INTERIOR DESIGNER JEAN-MICHEL FRANK, WHO I FIND A NEVER-ENDING WELL O