RICK OWENS SS25 WOMENS HOLLYWOOD

SS25 HOLLYWOOD WOMEN’S THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2024, 17H30 PALAIS DE TOKYO, 13 AVENUE DU PRÉSIDENT WILSON, 75116 PARIS OUR LAST SHOW PRESENTED A WHITE SATIN ARMY OF LOVE, MY RESPONSE TO THE REALIZATION THAT HOLDING THE PREVIOUS SEASON’S SHOWS IN MY HOUSE WITH A REDUCED AUDIENCE ENDED UP BEING AN ACT OF EXCLUSION INSTEAD OF THE OBSERVANCE OF RESPECT IN THE FACE OF OUR CURRENT WARS THAT I HAD INTENDED. I HAVE ONCE AGAIN ASKED ALL THE FASHION SCHOOLS IN PARIS TO SEND US STUDENTS AND FACULTY, TO WALK IN THE SHOW AS AN EXPRESSION OF UNITY AND RELIANCE ON ONE ANOTHER. ALSO INCLUDED ARE MEMBERS OF THE OWENSCORP TEAM AND FRIENDS WHOM I ADMIRE FOR LIVING THEIR AESTHETIC SO COMPLETELY AND GENEROUSLY, LIKE HANNAH DALTON FROM FECAL MATTER, ARTIST BAYBJANE, PHOTOGRAPHER KRISTINA NAGEL, AND ALLANAH STARR, ONE OF THE GRANDE DAMES OF THE TRANS COMMUNITY FROM NY TO PARIS. LAST SEASON’S COLLECTION WAS NAMED ‘PORTERVILLE’ AFTER THE SMALL JUDGEMENTAL TOWN I HAD TO ESCAPE FROM. THIS SEASON’S COLLECTION IS NAMED ‘HOLLYWOOD’ AFTER THE BOULEVARD OF VICE I GLEEFULLY RAN TO...TO FIND MY PEOPLE... WEIRDOS AND FREAKS... LIVING IN A WORLD LOU REED DESCRIBED IN ‘WALK ON THE WILD SIDE’... I WAS LOOKING FOR THE FLAMING CREATURES I HAD SEEN FILMED BY JACK SMITH AND KENNETH ANGER... OR KEN RUSSEL. AND I ALWAYS REFERENCE THE LOST HOLLYWOOD OF PRE-CODE BLACK AND WHITE BIBLICAL EPICS, MIXING ART DECO, LURID SIN AND REDEEMING MORALITY. RIGID TAILORING IS TRANSPARENT AND DELICATE IN SILK CHIFFON AND TULLE TO BE WOR