RICK OWENS IS A FASHION DESIGNER LIVING AND WORKING OUT OF PARIS. HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE BEGAN CARVING OUT HIS DARK IDEOLOGY. HIS AESTHETICS ARE SHAPED BY BLACK AND WHITE HOLLYWOOD MOVIES AND THE RAWNESS OF A DECAYED END OF HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, WHERE HE STARTED HIS LABEL IN THE EARLY NINETIES. AFTER HAVING HIS FIRST SHOW IN NEW YORK SPONSORED BY VOGUE MAGAZINE IN 2001, HE WAS AWARDED THE CFDA NEW TALENT AWARD IN 2002, RICK OWENS WAS QUICKLY RECOGNIZED FOR HIS TALENT AND VISION. HIS WORK IS EXEMPLIFIED BY ARCHITECTURAL JACKETS AND BIAS CUTS WRAPPED AROUND THE BODY IN SOMBER TONES. RICKOWENSLILIES IS A WOMEN COLLECTION EXCLUSIVELY IN HIS SIGNATURE SILK VISCOSE JERSEYS. DRKSHDW IS THE DENIM COLLECTION.