Rick Owens

Designer

1961-11-18

Books by Rick Owens

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I think spontaneity may be overrated.
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I wanted to be an artist, but I wasn't really confident in my intellectual stamina for it. I was more intimidated by it, and so fashion was kind of the next best thing. It was easier.
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Fashion will always be 80 percent status. There are going to be different ways of expressing status - intellectual status, financial status.
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I get it, I mean, it's easy to categorize somebody. I summarize things quickly, too.
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Clothes are status signifiers, and no matter how restrained, they always give you subtle symbols of what your values are.
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The way you have decided to present yourself to others can telegraph your character, it can signal modesty, respect for others, a sense of order. Fashion can subtly communicate a set of value systems before you open your mouth.
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When I'm making furniture I think of timelessness and I think of clothes that way too.
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There's something almost heroic in defining and committing to a life decision that will be transcendent and final.
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The world can be really uptight.
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I'm still vengeful. I'm still a vengeful Scorpio.
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Well, I try not to think about my visibility or where I stand in the fashion world. Because that's just never going to be a comfortable space. I just like to stick to my thing. I'm trying to do something I believe in.
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