Rick Owens Spring 2027 Menswear

We were drenched. Drenched in sweat, like almost everyone in Europe. And further drenched by the spray that flew off the four lines of water jetting up into the hard blue sky alongside Rick Owens’s suspended metal runway. The runway ran over the pool in the Palais de Tokyo, and the fountains fittingly formed a sort of triumphal arch. Today Owens once again delivered a show of intuitive fashion foresight and perspicacity.As Dior did yesterday, Owens had read the doom-laden weather reports and brought his show forward to the morning. Even then, the light and heat were remorseless: we were handed umbrellas and iced water to fend off their effects. Backstage, Owens said he worried about presenting “black clothes and heavy techno” at 10 in the morning.

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