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Rick Owens
Rick Owens, is an American fashion designer from Porterville, California.

Early life and Education
He was born on November 18th, 1962. He currently has a wife. French fashion and culture icon Michèle Lamy is Rick Owens' life partner and has worked as a performer, and producer of movies, restaurants, and clothing designers. In 1994, Rick Owens opened a shop on Hollywood Boulevard from which to debut his clothing line. Owens attended Otis College of Art and Design for two years before leaving to attend Los Angeles Trade-Technical College to learn draping and pattern making.

Career
With his partner Michèle Lamy, whom he married in 2006, he moved to Paris in 2003. Since that time, his runway collections have been presented there. In 2004, Owens and Michèle Lamy founded their own fashion brand, Owenscorp. Owens made his debut at New York Fashion Week in 2002. American Vogue sponsored him and included him in a spread in the magazine. Owens was named Artistic Director of Revillon, a luxury furrier, the same year. Owens then relocated to Paris and began exhibiting his own label's collections. The Paris show also marked the beginning of a long collaboration with stylist Panos Yiapanis on his catwalk shows.

notable designs
Today, Owens has a plethora of garments that are considered holy grails, staples, or so out of reach that you must own them. Here are some pieces you should be aware of to help you navigate Rick Owens' bizarre world.

The Creatch cargo
The Creatch Cargo first appeared in 2008, when Owens included the pants in his Spring/Summer runway show. Because of their popularity and overall ability to represent the brand in the best way possible, the pants have rarely missed a season since then. The straight-cut washed colorways, and Velcro's sash has proven to be versatile in all aspects of fashion. These pants are yet another example of streetwear and avant-garde colliding in a way that maintains a niche image. Although the design has been copied numerous times, original Creatch Cargos are easy to spot in a crowd and are well worth the $800 price tag.

Dunk
Rick Owens debuted these sneakers in his Fall/Winter 2006 collection "Dustulator," alongside an unreleased "Cut-Out" women-exclusive version of the Dunks, which were made famous by Russian supermodel Sasha Pivoravova, who wore them in a photo shoot. Due to the scarcity of these samples, existing pairs have commanded exorbitant resell prices. These first-edition sneakers were of poor quality, with the upper and sole simply glued together, but the Dunk's final form debuted in the SS06 collection with the Shearling/Nubuck Dunk, followed by the "Dustulator" Dunk for FW06. All of these early models are distinguished by metal staples that visibly bind the sole. The sides of these Dunks feature a distinctive detail resembling the Nike Swoosh, a reversed rendition of the Puma stripe, and Adidas' three stripes as a stitching detail behind the "swoosh" applique. The imitation of Adidas became more obvious with the release of the "Crust" Dunks for FW09, which were devoid of the "swoosh" detail but decorated with three side seams resembling the three stripes. According to legend, Nike sent a cease-and-desist letter to the designer, prompting Owens to say in an interview that the letter made him "swoon," though a Grailed article by Asaf Rotman reports that there is no concrete evidence that the letter was ever sent and Nike never said it had.

Geobasket
These shoes, like most Rick Owens clothing and footwear, have long been manufactured in Modena, Italy by Olmar and Mirta. They have the same iconic vulcanized rubber sole as most Rick Owens sneakers, with a serrated outsole and a singly ridged 270-degree stitched midsole that reaches far up the toebox. This sole contributes significantly to the shoe's appearance, durability, and heft. Geobaskets have a prominent cushioned leather tongue that protrudes well above the collar of the shoe.

intriguing Collections
-SS03 WOMENSWEAR & MENSWEAR – SUKERBALL

Though Owens is known for his predominantly black and grey palette - he's been dubbed the 'Dark Lord of High Fashion' - the collection is presented almost entirely in the palest of greys and diaphanous white, demonstrating that, despite leaning towards the dark side, Owens and his creations have a lightness to them as well.

-AW06 MENSWEAR – DUSTULATOR

Owens combined 30 of his favorite garments and a selection of his Brutalist-inspired furniture in a small retrospective at Florence's Pitti Uomo Immagine as part of his AW06 menswear show. A lifesize waxwork sculpture of the designer himself, naked and urinating on the ground, stood guard over the proceedings. The sculpture was created by the same team that created the works at Madame Tussauds and now resides in Owens' Paris flagship store.

-AW15 MENSWEAR – SPHINX

"Nudity is the most basic simple and primal gesture," Rick Owens said backstage at his AW15 'Sphinx' menswear show, as he sent a number of his models down the runway with their penises exposed through a series of cut-outs. "It packs a powerful punch." It's potent. It's now a straight world. It has something to do with independence. Who else can get away with such things? It's a business world! This was our personal time." Owens was correct; he did get away with it; while the mainstream media caught wind of the show and watched with amusement and horror, those in attendance were unimpressed.

-SS18 MENSWEAR – DIRT

Owens built a massive, scaffolded structure for his models to ascend for SS18, making it one of, if not the season's standout shows. Set in the courtyard of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the designer was inspired by Vladimir Tatlin's towering constructivist art.

furniture line
Owens creates not only clothing but also furniture. Originally, when he was living in Paris, his furniture was made specifically for him and his needs. The angular movements and sculptural forms of German World War II bunkers and Brutalist architecture are inspirations for Owens' furniture collection. "I don't adhere to a very cozy aesthetic," Owens admits, whose unconventional runway shows may include a one-legged, one-sleeved cashmere jumpsuit or a live human worn as a backpack. "I prefer something austere and unsentimental."

Rick Owens Awards and Achievements
In 1999, he expanded his stock to Barneys, and by 2002, he had received the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Perry Ellis Award for Emerging Talent. In 2007, he received the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for fashion design, as well as The Fashion Group International's Rule Breakers Award. A recipient of the 2002 Perry Ellis Award for emerging talent and the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 2017.