RICK OWENS FW26 MENS TOWER

FW26 TOWER MEN’STHURSDAY 22 JANUARY 2026PALAIS DE TOKYO, 13 AVENUE DU PRÉSIDENT WILSON, 75116 PARIS THIS SEASON’S COLLECTION IS TITLED ‘TOWER’, AS IN “TEMPLE OF LOVE, TOWER OF LIGHT” — A PRAYER FOR LOVE AND HOPE.BUT TOWERS CAN ALSO BE ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. INITIALLY, EPAULETS WERE DELIBERATELY STRIPPED FROM BIKERS AND OUTERSHIRTS TO AVOID SENSITIVE MILITARY CONNOTATIONS BUT THE WORLD AROUND US IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE SO THE ONLY WAY TO GO IS PARODY.POLICE BOOTS ARE BLOATED AND GROTESQUELY EXAGGERATED AND COME IN BUTCH BLACK, DOMINATING DUST OR MINCY MAUVE. CLOSE-FITTING COATS WHICH WRAP AND TIE LIKE LAB GARMENTS ARE EITHER GLOSSY BLACK BULL LEATHER OR KEVLAR, A FIBER 5 TIMES STRONGERTHAN STEEL, TRADITIONALLY USED IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, SUCH AS BODY ARMOR. OUR KEVLAR CANVAS IS WOVEN IN COMO, ITALY, BY A THIRD-GENERATION, FAMILY-OWNED MILL THAT HAS BEEN SPECIALIZED IN PERFORMANCE WEAR SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1952.TRANSFORMABLE OUTERWEAR CUT IN HEAVY BUT MALLEABLE WAXY 1,4MM COWHIDES TANNED IN HIMEJI CITY, HYOGO PREFECTURE, HAVE BEEN PRODUCED INTO 2 PIECE GARMENTS BY AN ATELIER IN ATSUGI, KANAGAWA PREFECTURE. CROPPED JACKETS CAN BE REMOVED TO REVEAL A LONGER VEST LAYER BENEATH.TOUGH, INDUSTRIALLY INSULATING CABANS ARE CUT IN THICK 8MM FELT HANDCRAFTED IN A SMALL ATELIER IN BIKANER, RAJASTHAN, NORTHERN INDIA. RAW, UNTREATED HIMALAYAN WOOL IS CARDED INTO FLOCKS, DIVIDED BY THEIR NATURAL COLORS AND MIXED TOGETHER BY THEARTISAN TO CREATE THE VEIN PATTERN VISIBLE IN THE FINISHED FELT.SA