PARIS, France  —  "If you don't know who I am, it's bonkers." Number One Reason to love Rick Owens: devastating clarity about self. Watching his parade of caped, patched, trussed models on Thursday night, you couldn't help but wonder how liberally your sense of surrender would be shared by your non-fashion family. But that's art. Some people get it, most people don't. Their loss. Watch Tim Blanks interview here.

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