{"id":1905,"date":"2026-10-04T06:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orientalplaces.com\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2026-10-04T06:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:14:11","slug":"rick-owens-returns-to-his-geological-roots-for-monumental-spring-summer-2027-womens-collection-titled-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orientalplaces.com\/?p=1905","title":{"rendered":"Rick Owens Returns to His Geological Roots for Monumental Spring\/Summer 2027 Women\u2019s Collection, Titled ‘Stone’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stone has long served as the fundamental anchor of Rick Owens\u2019 sprawling aesthetic universe. It is deeply embedded within his craggy, geological silhouettes and his signature monochromatic palette of chalk, dust, and coal. It echoes through the hulking, brutalist forms of his retail showrooms and provides the industrial backdrop of the concrete courtyard at the Palais de Tokyo, where he frequently stages his monumental runway presentations. For his Spring\/Summer 2027 collection, Owens has chosen to return directly to those elemental foundations, excavating the raw, symbolic material at the very heart of his creative output for a collection simply and powerfully titled Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Returning to the familiar concrete expanse of the Palais de Tokyo yesterday afternoon on October 1, the show tapped heavily into the multifaceted symbolic resonance of the word. For Owens, the concept of stone carries three distinct and contrasting meanings, each informing the mood, construction, and visual language of the garments that graced the runway. First is the "elegant stoicism" embodied by stone itself\u2014a quiet, unyielding resilience in the face of time and elements. Second is the heavy stone cast aside during Christ\u2019s resurrection, which the designer views as a profound metaphor for spiritual and physical release following intense sacrifice. Finally, there is what Owens describes as the "all-too-common stone throwing, which I have made my life\u2019s modest mission to oppose," positioning the collection as a subtle yet firm rejection of modern hostility and cruelty.<\/p>\n

As the opening looks began their slow procession around the grated metal runway, accompanied by an abrasive, immersive soundscape curated by Sissymisfit, highly structured architectural shapes dominated the visual landscape. Models strode forth wearing rigid ivory column gowns crafted from heavy industrial nylon webbing\u2014material normally deployed to secure freight and shipping crates\u2014expertly woven together with double-duchesse satin. In his show notes, Owens described these striking garments as "slabs of rigid fabric crossed with girdered lines," emphasizing their heavy, building-like integrity. This sense of industrial hardness continued throughout the initial sequence of looks, manifesting as enormous geometric collars, exaggerated fishtail skirts, and sharp, angular bustles that jutted aggressively from the models\u2019 bodies, altering their natural human proportions into towering, monolithic forms.<\/p>\n

As the presentation progressed, that stoic stone aesthetic began to weather, softening and fracturing to reveal alternative textures and tensions. Sheer dresses split open dramatically across the body, while voluminous lengths of white fabric cocooned tightly around torsos like protective layers or ancient shrouds. Elsewhere, sulphur-dyed Japanese denim was rigorously bleached into mottled, uneven gradients across flowing trousers, microjackets, and distressed tunics, evoking the look of stone weathered by rain and time. Owens also revisited the intricate tensegrity constructions that defined his recent menswear presentation in Paris earlier this season. While those previous menswear pieces utilized lattice-like frameworks of latex tubes held aloft by a continuous, delicate network of tension, Owens adapted the concept for the women\u2019s show by swapping out latex and leather for what he termed "frothy tulle n\u00e9glig\u00e9es." To the observing eye, however, these delicate, entangled layers evoked something far more organic and subterranean, looking remarkably like pale worms writhing beneath a recently lifted rock.<\/p>\n

On the ground level, footwear was intensely bound and strapped, featuring jewelled, cage-like shoes whose skeletal frameworks bore an uncanny resemblance to the twisted iron reinforcement structures left standing as buildings crumble around them. Moving upward, the beauty and styling elements adhered strictly to the established stock Rick Owens uniform. Models wore reflective visor sunglasses that obscured their expressions, accompanied by enormous feathered lashes placed deliberately off-centre to disrupt symmetrical harmony, alongside a scattering of harsh, sharply cropped Chelsea cuts that reinforced the collection’s stark, uncompromising edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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