RICK OWENS FW26 WOMENS TOWER

FW26 TOWER WOMEN’S THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2026 PALAIS 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. AND STRENGTH AND PROTECTION. TOWER SHEATHS OPENING THE SHOW ARE CUT IN GLOSSY BULL LEATHER, BOILED WOOL, OR KEVLAR – A FIBER 5 TIMES STRONGER THAN STEEL, TRADITIONALLY USED IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING SUCH AS BODY ARMOR. OUR KEVLAR CANVAS IS WOVEN IN COMO, ITALY, BY A THIRD-GENERATION, FAMILYOWNED MILL THAT HAS BEEN SPECIALIZED IN PERFORMANCE WEAR SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1952. TRANSFORMABLE OUTERWEAR IS COMPOSED OF CROPPED JACKETS THAT CAN BE WORN ON THEIR OWN, OR LAYERED OVER A LONGER, COORDINATING VEST TO MAKE YOU A TOWER. THESE PIECES COME IN HEAVY BUT MALLEABLE WAXY COWHIDE, TANNED IN SANTA CROCE SULL’ARNO, TUSCANY, ITALY, OR FLUFFY, BRUSHED AND WASHED ALPACA, OR RWS CERTIFIED BOILED WOOL – WOVEN IN TUSCANY AS WELL. RWS ENSURES A HIGH STANDARD IN ANIMAL WELFARE, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. EACH BALE OF WOOL IS TRACEABLE BACK TO ITS SOURCE. MELANGE WOOLS ARE WOVEN BY A FIFTH-GENERATION MILL SITUATED IN THE BISHŪ REGION OF JAPAN, RENOWNED FOR ITS LONG TRADITION OF TAILORED WOOL, AS WELL AS BY BONOTTO, A 4TH GENERATION TEXTILE MILL FOUNDED IN 1912, SITUATED JUST BELOW THE PREALPS IN VENETO, ITALY. TOWER FLIGHT JACKETS AND TOWER MINI MANTLES ARE EXECUTED IN THICK 8MM FELT, HANDCRAFTED IN A SMALL ATELIER IN BIKANER, RAJASTHAN, NORTHERN INDIA.