Returning to Paris Fashion Week landmark Palais de Tokyo, Rick Owens opened the gates to his “Temple” for a sermon in leather, latex, nylon and sheer defiance for his Spring/Summer 2026 collection.
As a continuation of the brand’s Mens showcase concept in June, models marched down the cement steps into water. The show was presented in alignment with his exhibition across the street at Palais Galliera, offering a glimpse into the designer’s hybridization of European and American style codes. “This exhibition tracks the pursuit of glamour and sleaze that I was looking for on Hollywood Boulevard, and eventually, improbably, ended up displaying in a Paris museum,” Owens shares in the press notes. “I have always thought of what I do as a fascination with the denseness of European aesthetic