Forbidden City: Beijing site bars designer Rick Owens and ‘dark and strange’ friends

Forbidden City: Beijing site bars designer Rick Owens and ‘dark and strange’ friends

Four foreign fashion designers have been denied entry to Beijing’s Forbidden City for wearing “dark and strange” clothes. The four – Rick Owens and Michele Lamy, as well as Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran, the co-founders of the brand Fecal Matter – were criticised in official media for showing no respect for China’s … Read more

A$AP Rocky, Willow Smith, Rick Owens Among Latest Cocreators of Moncler Genius

A$AP Rocky, Willow Smith, Rick Owens Among Latest Cocreators of Moncler Genius

MILAN — “How do you live Genius?” That is the question that Moncler is asking as it gears up for the brand’s Genius event on Oct. 19 in Shanghai, closing the city’s fashion week that kicks off on Wednesday. Dubbing Shanghai as “The City of Genius,” the luxury brand will unveil its latest roster of … Read more

Fashion Neurosis With Bella Freud Stars Kate Moss, Rick Owens, Courtney Cox

Fashion Neurosis With Bella Freud Stars Kate Moss, Rick Owens, Courtney Cox

LONDON — Bella Freud is following in the footsteps of her great grandfather, Sigmund Freud, otherwise known as the father of psychoanalysis — but she’s bringing a fashion touch. A new podcast, “Fashion Neurosis With Bella Freud,” launching in October on Apple and Spotify, will put the fashion designer in the hot spot with the … Read more

Why Sci-Fi, Futuristic Fashions Are Back Again

Why Sci-Fi, Futuristic Fashions Are Back Again

The future always seems to be a good look — especially when the present is tense and uncertain. “Perhaps it is our wish to envision some type of utopian world, where the precision of numbers is realized as a visual purity,” Matthew Yokobosky, senior curator of fashion and material culture at the Brooklyn Museum, responded … Read more

A Rick Owens Exhibition Is in the Works for Paris: Sources

A Rick Owens Exhibition Is in the Works for Paris: Sources

FRENCH CLASS: The Palais Galliera in Paris is in talks for an exhibition devoted to American designer Rick Owens, multiple sources told WWD. Precise timing and themes could not immediately be learned. It is understood the showcase being discussed is for 2025. Owens is marking his 30th year in business. He began his fashion career … Read more