RICK OWENS IS A FASHION DESIGNER LIVING AND WORKING OUT OF PARIS. ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HIS IS AN AESTHETIC 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 DROPPING OUT OF ART SCHOOL.AFTER HAVING HIS FIRST SHOW IN NEW YORK SPONSORED BY VOGUE MAGAZINE IN 2001, HE WAS AWARDED THE CFDA NEW TALENT AWARD IN 2002.HE MOVED TO PARIS IN 2003 AFTER BECOMING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF REVILLON, THE FRENCH FUR HOUSE FOUNDED IN 1723.IN JULY OF 2005 HE INTRODUCED A FURNITURE COLLECTION. USING RAW PLYWOOD, RESIN, FIBREGLASS, CASHMERE AND BONES, THE COLLECTION IS INSPIRED BY HIS FAVORITE SHAPES FROM EILEEN GREY TO BRANCUSI TO CALIFORNIA SKATE PARKS.IN 2007, HE STARTED DESIGNING HIS OWN FUR COLLECTION UNDER THE LABEL JARDINS DU PALAIS ROYAL, NAMED AFTER HIS PARIS BOUTIQUE OPENED THERE THE YEAR BEFORE.ALSO IN 2007, HE WAS AWARDED THE COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD FOR FASHION DESIGN, AS WELL AS THE RULE BREAKERS AWARD FROM THE FASHION GROUP INTERNATIONAL.THE SAME YEAR SAW THE RELEASE OF HIS PHOTO BOOK TITLED AI-JE BIEN DESCENDU CALLED AMINIMALIST GOTH DESIGNING HIGH PRIESTESS SHROUDS HIS WORK IS EXEMPLIFIED BY ARCHITECTURAL JACKETS AND BIAS CUTS WRAPPED AROUND THE BODY IN SOMBER TONES.RICKOWENSLILIES IS A COLLECTION EXCLUSIVELY IN HIS SIGNATURE SILK VISCOSE JERSEYS.DRKSHDW IS THE DENIM COLLECTION “THE CLOTHES I MAKE ARE MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THEY ARE THE CALM ELEGANCE I WANT TO GET TO AND THE DAMAGE I'VE DONE ON THE WAY. THEY ARE AN EXPRESSION OF TENDERNESS AND RAGING EGO. THEY ARE AN ADOLESCENT IDEALIZATION AND IT'S INEVITABLE DEFEAT.