Rick Owens AW25/26 – Concordians
This laser-perforated dress from Rick Owens' Concordians collection is a feat of sculptural fashion, blurring the line between garment and exoskeleton.
Realized in collaboration with Paris-based designer Victor Clavelly, the piece is crafted from groppone leather, cut into a latticework of interconnected fins using precision laser techniques.
The result: a garment that slithers and shifts with motion, simultaneously feral and futuristic.
The collection’s title, Concordians, references Concordia, the Italian industrial town that has housed Owens’ atelier for over two decades. It’s a personal homage to a place of solitude and discipline—a space where Owens shaped his radical minimalism into a doctrine of its own.
Throughout his oeuvre—from the apocalyptic elegance of Gethsemane to the dystopian priesthood of Performa—Owens has always juxtaposed ancient mythos with post-human silhouettes. AW25/26 continues that legacy, pushing craftsmanship and collaboration further. The inclusion of Victor Clavelly, known for his experimental textile work, marks a new depth of material exploration and technical finesse.
Presented at Palais de Tokyo to the industrial drone of Iggy Pop’s “Mass Production,” the show felt like a ritual of metamorphosis. Models with blacked-out eyes and towered boots glided in silence, each look a study in ascetic power.
This dress is not just wearable, it’s weaponized. It carries Owens' narrative of discipline, design, and introspection into a new realm of collective authorship.
Brutal, sensual, and immaculately constructed, it’s a future relic of fashion’s darker, more divine possibilities.
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