RICK OWENS SS26 WOMENS TEMPLE

SS26 TEMPLE WOMEN’S THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER 2025 PALAIS DE TOKYO, 13 AVENUE DU PRÉSIDENT WILSON, 75116 PARIS THIS WOMEN’S COLLECTION IS NAMED ‘TEMPLE’ — AS WAS THE MEN’S COLLECTION SHOWN IN JUNE — CONCIDING WITH THE OPENING OF MY RETROSPECTIVE, TITLED TEMPLE OF LOVE AT THE MUSÉE PALAIS GALLIERA RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. A RETROSPECTIVE SUMMONS UP THOUGHTS OF TENACITY, PEAKING AND DECLINE, AND I RELISHED LEANING INTO THAT. AS I WROTE IN MY MEN'S NOTES, "THIS EXHIBITION TRACKS THE PURSUIT OF GLAMOUR AND SLEAZE THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, AND EVENTUALLY, IMPROBABLY, ENDED UP DISPLAYING IN A PARIS MUSEUM. I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF WHAT I DO AS A FASCINATION WITH THE DENSENESS OF EUROPEAN AESTHETIC SOPHISTICATION SEEN THROUGH A FILTER OF AMERICAN BLUNTNESS." GLAMOUR AND BLUNTNESS ARE PROVIDED IN HAPHAZARDLY WHIPPED UP SKIRTS AND DRESSES DRAPED IN STURDY INDUSTRIAL GRS CERTIFIED NYLON. THESE SKIRTS AND DRESSES ARE ALSO EXECUTED IN RECYCLED NYLON TULLE EMBROIDERED WITH SEQUINS MANIPULATED BY MATISSE DI MAGGIO, RUBBER FETISH MISTRESS OF PARIS. PANEL ARE DIPPED IN LATEX BEFORE EACH INDIVIDUAL SEQUIN IS POSITIONED BY HAND. AFTER DRYING, THE PANELS ARE CLEANED, BRUSHED AND POLISHED MULTIPLE TIMES TO ACHIVE THE FINAL CRUSTY LOOK. THIS INDUSTRIAL YET AIRY NYLON IS ALSO CUT INTO MICRO CROPPED TRENCHES THAT CAN BE WORN WITH OR WITHOUT LONG MATCHING VESTS TO CREATE TWO-PIECE TRENCH COAT. THEY ARE MIXED AND MATCHED WITH LEATHER DRACU-COLLARED MICRO-BIKER JKYS WITH WEEPING LE