RICK OWENS SS17 MENS - WALRUS

THIS MEN’S SPRING COLLECTION IS TITLED ‘WALRUS’, AN EVOLUTION OF FALL’S COLLECTION NAME, ‘MASTODON’— EVOLUTION BEING THE KEY WORD HERE. FASHION IS ALL ABOUT REFLECTING CHANGE AND CHANGES ARE HAPPENING. WE CAN FEAR CHANGE AND CLING TO THE SENTIMENTALLY FAMILIAR OR CHEERFULLY FLING OURSELVES INTO THE UNKNOWN. REMEMBER HOW THAT USED TO FEEL? I SUPPOSE I PROPOSE A LITTLE OF BOTH. I LIKE THINKING NEITHER IS WRONG. JACKET LENGTHS ARE CROPPED WITH LENGTHENED SLEEVES TO CHANGE THE POSTURE AND LIFT THE TORSO UPWARDS WHILE PANTS SWIRL WITH VOLUME AND CASCADE, MELTING INTO THE GROUND. THESE CLOTHES ARE REACHING AND STRETCHING AND SWELLING AND FLOATING AND SWEEPING. FABRICS ARE CRISP LIKE THE THINNEST SILK TAFFETAS AND WASHED SILK GAZARS, OR STURDY LIKE THICK INDUSTRIAL COTTONS. A SILK AND COTTON DUCHESSE BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO AND CREATES AN ARCHITECTURALLY STATELY, MATTE SILHOUETTE. T-SHIRTS ARE TWISTED AND MEGA-DRAPED AS IRRATIONALLY AS POSSIBLE, CREATING STRIATED VOLUMES SIMILAR TO MUSCLES AND TENDONS IN A MEDICAL DIAGRAM— IF A MEDICAL DIAGRAM WERE SKETCHED BY MADAME GRÈS, ONE OF MY PERSONAL, REASSURINGLY SENTIMENTAL, FAVORITES. THESE DRAPES SHOW UP AGAIN ON THE EASIEST OF COTTON DOESKIN ZIP FRONT WORK JACKETS. WITHOUT THE DRAPING, THESE JACKETS OFFER A SIMPLE, MODEST DIGNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN INTERPRETED IN RIGID GLEAMING SILK. BLACK LEATHER JACKETS ARE AS HIGH AND TIGHT AS POSSIBLE TO MOLD TO THE RIB CAGE AND THEN RELEASE THE VOLUME OF THE JUMBO BODYBAGS WORN UNDERNEATH, T