Just like Comme, Rick Owens has a cult following. But sometimes that can mean it’s easy to get a little lazy if you know you’re already adored. But as the world is currently proving, you can’t rest on your laurels – so in the case of Rick Owens, build some epic scaffolding and create a show that begins in the sky and ends with walking on water. It all felt rather biblical; the recurring word is “epic”. The thud of the music, the hot hot sun casting its sweltering heat over this set-up as the models began their trek. There was less complication to these clothes, pieces centred around shapely bag accoutrements or else they were tunics or languid or cropped tailoring. Here, it was the set and not the quirky of the clothes that was the talking point – but that in turn made for a refreshing collection from Rick. [Read more...]