RICK OWENS SS19 WOMENS - BABEL

TOWER OF BABEL CONFUSION TATLIN’S TOWER LINES, GRIDS, DIAGRAMS… HEXES AND SPELLS LOOKING FOR ORDER AND REASON A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN — TORCHED. HOPE, DREAD, SERENITY, NIHILISM, MY NEEDLE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE QUIVERING BETWEEN THEM SLEAZE DIRTY FLAGS BLACK SUMMER DENIM CUTOFFS AND CARGO BELTS WORN WITH SWIMSUIT BRA TOPS BY THE RIVER. HIKING BOOTS FROM SECOND COLLABORATION WITH GERMAN WELLBEING FOOTWEAR BRAND BIRKENSTOCK... POPULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH 1960S AMERICAN LIBERALISM. BIRKENSTOCK LOGO SANDALS. LACQUERED DENIMS IN CYCLAMEN, BLOOD, PEARL, AND BLACK RUBBER CUT INTO EXPLODING CROPPED PARKAS FOR MOUNTAIN WITCHES. GLITTER QUEEN WRAP JKTS WITH FLOATING CURTAIN SLEEVES TWISTED AND DRAPED TOPS AND SHORTS DRIPPING WITH RECYCLED RUBBER FRINGE... MATCHING CARGOBELTS AND QUIVER MEGACLUTCHES. TUNICS, GOWNS, CLOAKS, AND ROBES IN LAYERED AND SHREDDED BRUTALIST LACE, PUNCTUATED WITH MEGASEQUINS. SLIT AND SLASHED FLAG STRIPED RIGID SILK TUNICS AND GOWNS SUNGLASSES MADE WITH ARTISANAL LAB MICROMEGA IN VENICE ITALY EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED REMIX OF ‘TAKE MY HAND’ BY IC3PEAK — RUSSIAN WITCH HOUSE REVIVALISTS WHO PROTESTED MY USING AN UNAUTHORIZED SAMPLE FROM THEM FOR MY LAST SHOW. MAKEUP DIANE KENDAL (JULIAN WATSON AGENCY) HAIR DUFFY (STREETERS) PRODUCTION LA MODE EN IMAGES MUSIC EXCLUSIVE MIX OF ‘TAKE MY HAND’ BY IC3PEAK