The designer still wants to ‘corrupt the world,’ even as he’s embraced by the mainstream.
Rick Owens, Fashion’s Patriarch of Freaks
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Beyond the Obvious Into the Nuance
The designer still wants to ‘corrupt the world,’ even as he’s embraced by the mainstream.