From Rick Owens: “Last season’s collection was named ‘Porterville’ after the small judgmental 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’…
For SS25, VENIA explores the tale of two travelers in search of their loved ones across a vast and desolate landscape — reflecting themes of journey, grief, and hopefulness. Dust blows as the blurry figures emerge from the sand blown landscape, walking through what seems to be a completely destroyed…
From Rick Owens: “I went to a Björk concert earlier this month and her intelligent, life affirming energy made me kind of embarrassed of my own mopey adolescent pessimism… and hers wasn’t a Disney escapist obliviousness, but a concerned and thoughtful trust…”