Rick Owens: the fashion exhibition dedicated to the designer arrives this summer at the Palais Galliera

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From June 28, 2025 to January 4, 2026, the Palais Galliera becomes the home of one of the most subversive designers of our time: Rick Owens. The architect of underground fashion arrives at the 16th arrondissement museum with a phenomenal retrospective exhibition featuring over 100 silhouettes, never-before-seen archives and works of art. A veritable manifesto against smooth, self-righteous fashion.

Thefashion exhibition plunges us into the raw, unfiltered world of this designer who uses fashion as a weapon. From his beginnings in Los Angeles in the 90s to his move to Paris in 2003, Rick Owens has never ceased to push the boundaries, unveiling creations in which every silhouette seems an aesthetic punch. Where others go for softness, Rick Owens opts for shock: sculptural creations, shapes that play with brutalist architecture, dark colors that cast a shadow over his inspirations from Hollywood movies, or Parisian and New York haute couture. Iconic, brutal, anything but banal.

For the occasion, this new carte blanche goes beyond the walls of the fashion museum to spill out onto the façade and into the square, partly reactivating the 19th-century configuration of the Palais Galliera, bathed in natural light. An extension of Rick Owens' unbridled, uncompromising spirit, offering a 360° immersive experience at the heart of his iconoclastic universe.

But it's not just about fashion, it's a cry. Rick Owens denounces, challenges and shakes things up. His spectacular shows sound like an aesthetic revolt against patriarchy, while celebrating the physical strength of women, not in a world of glitter, but in raw, visceral beauty, a true performance. Through creations that defy the norm, he brings to light a radical glamour, where each piece becomes an act of resistance. Far from being a simple retrospective, the exhibition invites you to rethink fashion, art and perhaps even yourselves. A necessary immersion, a stylish provocation.

Ready to dive into the decadent world of Rick Owens?