The Vibe for Fall 2010: Listen, you're either ready to board the Rick Owens rocket ship or you're not. But either way, you can still groove on the futuro-goth spectacle of it all—the leather tunics, the snakeskin stacked heels, the overcoats with Herman Munster shoulders, the fingerless, fur-lined Lorax gloves. And much of it even in colors other than black. Somewhere Ziggy Stardust and Dr. Who are placing their orders.
Backstory
Designer: Rick Owens
Founded: 1994, Los Angeles
Owned By: Private
History: While still at design school, the Southern California-born Owens became known as a master pattern cutter. After establishing his own line (and winning the CFDA's Perry Ellis Award) in 2002, he moved to Paris to oversee the label, along with that of furrier Revillon. Today his name's synonymous with a kind of drapey, disheveled noir elegance.
The Look: High-end goth, cut to move freely with the body—oddly athletic, and always dark-paletted
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