Homecoming: Rick Owens opens a theatrical flagship in Los Angeles

Table Of Content

• Glenn Adamson’s Favorite Objects and Things
• LIGHT READING: Discover The Surprisingly Frilly Silk Lamps of Early Modernism
• At Home in Venice With Rick Owens
• Claudia Schiffer’s Cotswolds Home Is Filled With Ceramics, Chocolate, and Lots of Chanel
• Gallerist Alex Tieghi-Walker Has Filled His L.A. Home With Wild, One-of-a-Kind Objects
• Inside the Copenhagen Home of Ditte Reffstrup, the Creative Director of Ganni

Owens showed off cute-as-pie pictures of his and Michèle’s granddaughter. Shortly afterward, his mother, Connie, FaceTimed, and Owens took her on a virtual tour of the tables to say hello to everyone. We're seeing proportions in fashion grow to ludicrous size. And there's something about that that is about mocking enforced standards of beauty.

Glenn Adamson’s Favorite Objects and Things

If they’re too itchy, you can always throw a cashmere blanket over them. Following Phlegethon there was a dinner back at the Excelsior. It was a house dinner, and everyone wore Owens, apart from Flaccavento (in Rick-admired Issey Miyake and Valentino shoes) and me (in chinos, a Kiss tour T-shirt, and New Balances).

LIGHT READING: Discover The Surprisingly Frilly Silk Lamps of Early Modernism

Around 100 guests were due to arrive shortly, and place cards were being set on large, furry stools from the Rick Owens furniture line adjacent to the hallway-turned-runway. The collection was called “PORTERVILLE,” a nod to his California hometown. I tried to go there one time, but we got lost in the desert because the road to get to it is so impossible. So we had to rent a helicopter to fly over it.

At Home in Venice With Rick Owens

But in the beginning they were just personal project, done on a whim. Owens slipped out from dinner after that birthday cake and headed down the road to his apartment. For a few hardy souls, however, Phlegethon led to a marathon wine-athon. There was dancing, to music you really wouldn’t expect—a sort of reggaeton versus euro cheese sound clash—and wild talk of midnight swimming, and maybe more dancing down on the beach. Out above the ocean a fat, full moon hung high in the inky sky.

Claudia Schiffer’s Cotswolds Home Is Filled With Ceramics, Chocolate, and Lots of Chanel

The show Rick Owens shows tend to have the feelings of large, gothic congregationals. Disciples enrobed in head-to-toe Rick outfits tower over the rest of the assembled, communing with old friends and comparing gear. What I’ve always admired about them is how you can see patina and wear on even the most intense runway pieces worn by fans—they don’t bust out the fits just for the show. It’s part of their uncompromising, everyday lifestyle. Everything in Owens' house seems to cater to his aesthetic of extravagance and drama. From the army blankets to the unusual artwork and objects, each item seems to have been carefully chosen to create a unique atmosphere.

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These are objects from our, I guess, homeware collection. And the gym takes up pretty much half the apartment. From the top-floor landing, a hatch leads up onto the roof.The minute we signed the papers, I got on this rickety ladder (and I’m scared of heights) to go up and survey my domain.

"I like to have things that have a certain pop," he says. "I think it's about creating extravagance and drama when choosing decorations." Owens' house also has some unusual items that reflect his personality. A skull sculpture serves as a reminder of the transience of life.

Inside the Copenhagen Home of Ditte Reffstrup, the Creative Director of Ganni

Rick Owens' house is a place where he can express his creativity. It is opposite his factory building where he creates his collections. In this room he lives with few things, but they are very important to him. "I don't want to live with a lot of things in this space. I'm not very acquisitive, but the things I live with are very important to me," he explains.

Owens' use of unusual materials and objects representing memories of his past and personality emphasizes the connection between art and design, making the interior a true work of art. If you want to be inspired by Owens' creativity and vision, be sure to check out his video from Vogue. The house is very much a continuation of the minimalist aesthetic found in his fashion collections. To the left of the landing is the sitting room.

The room is furnished with furniture from Owens' own collection, including a mural of Owens' daughter, Scarlet Rouge. Fashion designer Rick Owens has always been drawn to Venice–“it’s the most impractical, magical, legendary city ever”, as he says. Having frequently spent time at the Lido's Excelsior Hotel, he decided to make a home for himself here in 2014.

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These included Steven from Fecal Matter and Gena Marvin, both known for their dramatic, otherworldly looks (a ‘cheerful depravity’ describes Owens). Both walked the runway, while London-based designer Straytukay worked with the designer on the distinctive inflatable boots that appeared throughout the show. Owens also recreated a DIY version of his signature ‘Kiss’ boot by designer Leo Prothman, which he had discovered while scrolling social media.

I don't really socialize that much, but I think that's part of why I was attracted to Michèle because Michèle could bring people into my life, and I didn't have to go out. So they were clocking in, but I get up early. I have black and white movies playing while I'm taking my shower, listening to opera, and having my coffee. Opera or Julie London or Dusty Springfield these days. This used to be our showroom, and people used to come buy the collection here.

The lamps look like giant willies in cashmere condoms.Well, if pee is one motif, another is the big boner. I did a collection of skirts, they kind of stuck out at the front, so there was the Boner, the Holy Boner, the Double Boner. So you see, the lamps make sense in the context of my work. My dad is ex-military, very homophobic, and ultra-conservative. We really care for each other but it really hurts how much he has to make an effort.

Well, yeah, it’s kind of like a living, breathing environment. Sometimes it seems to have a life of it’s own. Oh wow, look at this rack of shaved mink — it’s like a beautiful fog. From the left of the landing is the fashion atelier.

Tiny metal switches, like those in an old cockpit control panel, activate two built-in spotlights. In front of the bed, on a black plywood box, sits a flat screen TV and an iPod. From the landing, Rick’s office is on the left. It is an elongated rectangular room, echoing the downstairs showroom. Behind a long row of massive desks, a faceted cardboard wall sculpture adds an extra layer of texture. A low-backed black chair, like a futuristic Aztec glyph, sits sentinel in the middle of the space.

Some were worn pulled down to the waist with shimmering tangles of sequins in beautiful branch-like structures, both strange and delicate. Other looks took a darker form, with garments dwarfing the body or crafted from recycled motorcycle tyres by Matisse Di Maggio, a rubber-wear specialist from Paris. The invitation for Rick Owens’ latest menswear show – at Paris Fashion Week Men’s A/W 2024 – was a loop of jersey fabric, stitched with ‘Porterville’, the collection’s title. It is also the name of the town in which a young Owens grew up, located at the base of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range.