Rick Owens

Richard Saturnino Owens was born in Porterville, California in 1961 to a Mexican mother and conservative Catholic American father. He left for Los Angeles to study at Otis College of Art and Design, then trained in pattern-making at LA Trade-Tech before working in the garment district producing knock-offs of designer clothing. In 1994 he launched his own label out of a Hollywood Boulevard shop; by the early 2000s he had relocated to Paris and become one of the defining figures of post-grunge luxury, dressing his audience in elongated, drape-heavy, monochrome silhouettes. He introduced DRKSHDW in 2005 as a denim and jersey-based diffusion line, and now oversees a constellation including Rick Owens, DRKSHDW, Lilies and Hun, alongside collaborations with Birkenstock, Veja, Moncler, Champion, Dr. Martens and Converse.