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 PRODU