Wednesday, February 27, 2008

I'll Tell You A Secret

I love Rick Owens. I am even fortunate enough to own something by Rick Owens (Lilies) (purchased at 70% off from my best kept secret - other than that I love Rick Owens...) He's so Jil Sander on a bad drug trip. And by bad I mean good.

Maybe it's 'cuz I'm a Canadian Girl, but I love the fur with the neck ties. LOVE. And his asymmetrical zipper thing, so delicious.



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  1. Suzanna MarsFebruary 26, 2008 at 11:41 AM

    You know what gets me about this line? This business of how journalists were parsing it as not really wearable in toto, and urging him to expand beyond his historical imagination, and all that goth stuff. And yet, with the exception of some sketchy jodhpurs a couple collections back I see him as completely wearable and quite frankly not all that dark. He just doesn't make little dresses with spring posies on them.

    To me, there is more of a "woolly mammoth" thing going on there that I really, really like; he and Braganza are my favorites in this direction.

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  2. WendyBFebruary 26, 2008 at 1:30 PM

    I love the first look. It's so....smushy.

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  3. K.LineFebruary 26, 2008 at 2:01 PM

    Wendy: I agree. The first look is smushy goodness...

    Suzanna: I concur that Owens is completely wearable, though on this topic, my Lilies piece manages to be an off the shoulder, see-through top with a fringe at the waist. Given the boobs and the fact that I am not a model in NY, that means I had to figure out what to wear underneath to modify (or should I say modest-fy) the look. In the end, a top that was on sale from 300 bucks, still ended up costing me 300 bucks in accoutrments. I should do a post on it. It's one of my more fiscally imprudent, but fashion creative moments.

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  4. Miss CavendishFebruary 26, 2008 at 5:58 PM

    I like the mini fur vest with the empire ties. And the helmet!

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  5. rizFebruary 26, 2008 at 10:47 PM

    This is really superficial, but I have a HUGE crush on him...
    (I hope he never comes across my blog and finds out!)

    Promise to post something more substantial next time...

    Please do a post on it!! =)

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  6. WendyFebruary 26, 2008 at 10:50 PM

    The clothes are really urban glamor! I'm falling in love.

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  7. ElizabethFebruary 26, 2008 at 10:54 PM

    Mmmmmm, smushy. (If I may borrow a term.)

    So far my favorite thing about Owens is his treatment of legs. Goshdarnit, but that is cool. (Goshdarnit isn't really a spiky enough exclamation, but I don't want to sully this pristine blog with foul language.)

    (I got "pozkin" for my word-verification. It seems like your blog has the best ones.)

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2008 at 11:29 AM

    I love the shapes of these. People talk about sculptural looks but these definitely walk the walk.

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  9. bronwynFebruary 27, 2008 at 3:58 PM

    Nice, I like the look of this too.

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  10. K.LineFebruary 27, 2008 at 4:08 PM

    Riz: Hopefully today's post is more substantial (though not about my fashion boyfriend, Rick).

    Wendy: He's my boyfriend. Back off :-)

    Enc: You raise an interesting point about profanity. I, for one, have the filthiest mouth ever - something I'm trying to hide from everyone who reads this. But it's getting so hard that I think I may crack. Is "pozkin" dirty?

    Ambika and Bronwyn: So glad you like the pics. The Owen's philosophy completely works for me.

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  11. ElizabethFebruary 27, 2008 at 8:27 PM

    I'm not aware of "pozkin" being a swearword.

    I look at "pozkin" as a nonsense word, with an onomotopoetic quality. It makes me think of some rotund little furry creature. Like someone's someone's small dog's name, or an adorable toddler: "aw, what a cute little pozkin." Kind of like grommet or sprog.

    On the other hand, theoretically, you could sub it out for "f*ckin' " if you really needed to. It sort of sounds like that, too.

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  12. K.LineFebruary 27, 2008 at 8:37 PM

    Enc - Hilarious. I'm not sure if you ever watch Battlestar Galactica (my husband obviously controls the remote) but, on that show, they have this convention of using the term "frackin'" for its swearword equivalent. It sounds ridiculous and contrived, incidentally. I wonder if I could start working "pozkin'" like that :-)

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  13. dreamechoFebruary 28, 2008 at 6:55 PM

    "jil sander on a bad drug trip" - too funny! i love them both. (or maybe i should say all three...sander, simons and owens...)

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