Designer of the Day

Rick Owens is an American fashion designer celebrated for his avant garde and subversive eye. He studied at Otis/Parsons (now known as Otis College of Art & Design) as well as at Los Angeles Trade-Technical Collecge and began his label in 1994 and began worldwide distribution in 2001. When asked to describe his look, Rick stated, "I try to make clothes the way Lou Reed does music, direct, with minimal chord changes, and sweet but kind of creepy. It's about giving everything I make a worn, softened feeling. It's about an elegance tinged with a bit of the barbaric, the sloppiness of something dragging and the luxury of not caring. At Revillon, I felt it isn't about display but rather giving the woman a selfish pleasure. It is about using sable as the lining under a very humble jacket, the luxury is all hers." View the designer’s past collections here: http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2013MEN-ROWENS