“I needed to provide what nobody else can offer except me,” said the designer, who spoke to Tim Blanks about challenging himself to seize the moment and lean into a new kind of aggressive sensuality.

The silhouettes soared skywards, the bulk below the waist, amplified by huge pannier-like swatches of fabric, captured by tiny jackets.

In today’s “société du spectacle,” fashion shows increasingly resemble brutally concise theatre, sampling everything from war to the cult of the derelict.

Rick Owens tackles ecological anxiety with haunting, creepy, elegant​ beauty.

Over the last two decades, Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy have managed to construct a fantastical creative world entirely of their own design and turn it into a commercially successful business, projected to generate $120 million in 2014.

Straight from Paris, BoF brings you the top shows from Thursday 27th February: Lanvin and Rick Owens

PARIS, France — The subject of the mixing of masculine and feminine dress was developed all the way to its almost inevitable conclusion- asexual attire. Looking just as fierce on the female street-casted models as it did on the men last month, writes Jessica Michault for Nowfashion.com.

Sonny Vandevelde brings us behind-the-scenes shots from Paris menswear week.