Rick Owens on the Paris Runways
posted by: jitterbugbaby in Fall 2008 Shoes, Fashion Week on February 26th, 2008
Can’t say that much is grabbing me off the Paris runways, and I’m still in a post-Oscars place, even though the red carpet fashion was mostly a snore this year. But, I couldn’t let Rick Owens go by without posting.
His collection was all swooping wings and zippers and capes and a creation that’s a melding of legwarmers and chaps and ends up giving some of these models the look of stylish sepulchral mermaids.
I quite love the stark black/gray/silver palette and the silhouettes are beautiful.
So what shoes are hidden under those sweeping leg-capes? Boots that owe a great debt to fetish footwear’s pony shoes.
They slouch. They tie. They’re wedges. They have fins at the back that remind me a little of the infamous heel-less Marc Jacobs shoe. They’re completely impractical. And I love them to pieces.
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August 25, 2008 at 5:55 am, lisa said:
i LOVE LOVE LOVE these shoes
March 03, 2008 at 3:55 pm, rey said:
Yes I agree to. Impractical but cute!
February 27, 2008 at 1:07 am, Angel said:
Totally agreed! Impractical but lovely!
February 26, 2008 at 9:31 am, Curtis said:
I am not a huge fan of these. They remind of a horse hoof – not something I want on my feet!