The World of Rick Owens
Fashion designer, Rick Owens was singled out for special treatment as "Master of Elements" for his play on proportion and volume. The American designer since launching his label, over 20 years ago, has received a wrap of four or move prominent windows, including ground floor to stock a curated selection of his favorite products. The 'World of Rick Owens" concept store ran until the end of October 2014.
Oxford Street, London, on 7th September 2014, a giant Rick Owens sculpture towered over the Double-Decker buses. The statue weighing 1.5 tons, was erected on a self ridge facade for the celebration of twenty years since the inception of the label and the opening of “The World of Rick Owens”. The specially commissioned 25-foot statue was positioned by the public clock over the store’s main entrance. The side view of torso was made from steel, coated polystyrene and leather hair, and handcrafted by Doug Jennings, who is responsible for all the Rick Owens sculptures in his various flagship stores.
Doug Jennings and his team of 20 craftsmen, spent 12 weeks putting together the 25-foot centerpiece that weighed in at 1.5 tons. The hair alone is an Owens signature look, comprised of 24 kilometers of material.
The four conceptual window designs, was inspired by Oscar Wilde’s “SalomΓ©” , a theme chosen by Owens because it reflected his dark gender-bending aesthetics, as well as homage to London's 20-piece capsule collection designed for Selfridges.
Multi-creative, shortly after his marriage to Michèle Lamy, in 2006 Owen began crafting dark, brutalist furniture, inspired by World War II concrete bunkers to Egyptian tombs to art deco leather bars,
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