This is not, in fact, a Norwegian black metal concert, but the runway today in Paris for Rick Owens’s new menswear collection. Fashion! So fickle! So fun! So TERRIFYING AHHH GET THIS MONSTER AWAY FROM ME!

The Reinvention of Paris Hilton Is Upon Us

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

11/30/15 3:00pm

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Welcome to our new world of po-mo-po-mo ouroboros, in which 2015 has warped into some kind of psychedelic sick joke: Donald Trump is dominating the headlines, Chipotle gives you e.coli, The Walking Dead still hasn’t killed off Carl (or, in Rick parlance, COORAL). Thankfully, there has been at least one constant in…

Here Are Some Models 69ing On the Runway at Rick Owens

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

10/01/15 2:20pm

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Is it lesbian sex-positive? Commentary on the fact that you can’t actually walk in those invisible-heel shoes? A Lee McQueen dis? A Leigh Bowery rip? Who knows but this is the dude who had guys walking the runway with exposed dicks at his last Menswear show, so like, just accept that it’s art, okay.

Rick Owens and Versace Design My Little Pony Dolls for Charity

Madeleine Davies

6/19/15 1:20pm

In an interesting collaboration that will thrill the small center of a Venn diagram charting Bronies and fashion enthusiasts, several big name designers—including Rick Owens, Versace, and Balmain—have made custom My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic plush toys that they’re auctioning off for charity.

Rick Owens on Runway Dicks: 'I Love A Tiny Little Gesture'

Ellie Shechet

1/23/15 12:00pm

"I thought it was the most simple, primal gesture—and you know I love a simply tiny, little gesture that packs the wallop," designer Rick Owens said regarding the three peek-a-boo dicks that flapped down the runway yesterday during his fall 2015 menswear show.

So Much Peen at the Rick Owens Menswear Show

Ellie Shechet

1/22/15 2:20pm

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Rick Owens' menswear show today in Paris was a mishmash of raw edges, high necklines, earth tones, and dicks. Donald Ducking Is Officially In. This post is NSFW.

Normcore Is Spreading: Sweatshirts Are Now Fashionable

Hillary Crosley Coker

9/17/14 3:00pm

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Sweatshirts are the hot trend for fall, you know, the time of year when you’ll probably be wearing sweatshirts anyway, because the air is crisp and long-sleeves are helpful. I, as a fashionable lazy person, am thrilled about this news. Et tu?

Rick Owens Is the Latest Designer to Replace Models With 'Real Women'

Callie Beusman

2/28/14 4:30pm

Yesterday, as part of Paris Fashion Week, edgy fashion darling Rick Owens sent "real" women down the runway alongside professional models. It's a reassuring sight we've seen before — and one that we'll undoubtedly see again in many iterations (for example, DKNY did it earlier this month at New York Fashion Week, to…

Rick Owens Replaced Runway Models With a Step Dance Team

Callie Beusman

9/26/13 7:00pm

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When fashion does "subversive," it tends to faux-subvert industry norms within a very unoriginal arena, while mostly upholding industry (very thin, mostly white) norms. "Subversive" fashion is ugly clothing and ugly makeup on very thin, mostly white models; "subversive" fashion is making some kind of bizarre gender…

Kate Moss Said To Be Investigating Career As An Innkeeper

Jenna Sauers

10/04/10 11:45am

The crack team at the British tabloid brain trust has concocted a cackle of a story for us this Monday morning: Kate Moss is quitting modeling and moving to Cornwall to run a bed and breakfast with Jamie Hince. [Star]

Rick Owens Show Is A Space Oddity

Sadie Stein

9/30/10 6:47pm

If you're going to another planet where you plant to do a lot of entertaining and go to the occasional punk show, and have a big clothing budget, may we suggest Rick Owens' Spring/Summer RTW collection?

How Long Until Fat-Hating Fashion Stylist Invokes "But I Love Beth Ditto" Defense?

Sadie Stein

9/22/09 11:30am

The stylist who allegedly walked out on Mark Fast's show says it wasn't because the models were too "fat" - but because they were too fat to walk right! "The walk is very important,'' she explains. [Mirror]

Scary Loves Posh's Clothes; Jennifer Connelly Models Anti-Gravity Shoes

Jenna Sauers

9/03/09 11:30am

Did L.A. boutique Maxfield drop Victoria Beckham's dVb in favor of Holmes & Yang? Posh's people say Maxfield hasn't ordered the line for three seasons, and the decision had nothing to do with Katie Holmes, who is Posh's friend. [P6]

Women Play Mostly Supporting Role Within Male-Dominated Vampire "Trend"

Dodai Stewart

7/02/09 1:00pm

Today's New York Times has a "Thursday Styles" section story about a "trend with teeth": Vampires.

Kanye Uses Naked Woman To Sell Luxury Louis Vuitton Sneakers

TatianaTheAnonymousModel

4/17/09 11:30am

What appears to be Kanye West's campaign for his Louis Vuitton sneakers has leaked. Amber Rose, the woman he squired around fashion week, is featured, along with a truly hideous crocodile bomber jacket. [Nah Right]

This Fall, Barbie Will Fight The Red Coats And The Apocalypse

Jennifer

2/26/08 4:30pm

Paris Fashion Week is underway, and the Frenchies, we fear, think the end is near. (Are things really that bad with Sarko et Bruni?) Rick Owens, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe and Viktor & Rolf all presented variations on a futuristic post-apocalyptic warrior: Owens riffed on his signature layering to create a…

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