ARCH DESIGN II : PHASE III
RICK OWENS PLAYGROUND
by Poom Supanat Chaiyanopakul
ABSTRACT
Clothes are about giving freedom to people-freedom to reveal,to manipulate,to express themselves. People nowadays lives the hectic and busy lifestyle. They need some activities to let them relax after all the stressfulness they received. However in this recent years, healthy and sportive lifestyle became more popular and approachable among our life. The results was many fashion brand came up with many interesting strategies to employ their own product integrated with sport features.
MOODBOARD
Rick Owens
FASHION DESIGNER
Originally from Southern California, fashion designer Rick Owens started his label in the early nineties after dropping out of art school. His first own label catwalk show was held at New York Fashion Week in 2001 and was sponsored by Vogue. Owens gained the CFDA New talent award in 2002.
Owens become artistic director of French furriers Revillon in Paris in 2003. He cemented his reputation as a designer in Paris and introduced a furniture collection, incorporating materials such as raw plywood, antlers, cashmere and marble into his designs. Drawing on his experience at Revillon, Owens introduced a collection exclusively dedicated to fur, Palais Royal. It was named after his Paris boutique. In addition, Owens has RickOwensLilies, a line devoted to his signature silk viscose jerseys and denim line DRKSHDW.
Owens has received numerous awards over the past few years. He most notably won the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Fashion Design and the Rule Breakers Award from Fashion Group International in 2007. The same year also saw the release of his photo book, L'ai - Je Bien Descend?.
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