Paris Fashion Week: Rick Owens SS 2011

Rick Owens went soft and sweet this season-well, soft and sweet for Rick Owens!

He moved away from his gothic aesthetic towards a more restrained elegance.

Of course there was still an other-worldly aspect with models hair held up with kinds of bone & their makeup looking especially alien.

In some ways I was not a big fan of this collection- some of the shapes are unflattering in the hips- and if they looked bad on models how would they look on regular women?

Despite the vests that framed the body, constraining jackets, and the extra long skirts the collection still felt minimalistic.

I don’t look to Rick Owens for wearable fashion. For me he is fantasy and art and inspiration.