Live Like Rick Owens
A look at the Rick Owens furniture line.
One of the most memorable fashion shows from the men’s Fall/Winter 2024 season was (as always) Rick Owens—but not just for the collection, which featured viral rubber boots by the avant-garde artists STRAYTUKAY, but also because of the venue: the Parisian home-turned-studio that Owens shares with Michele Lamy. Located right behind France’s Defense Ministry, it has a balcony that oversees a verdant garden in the back, and it’s not uncommon to see uniformed members of various French military branches grabbing a coffee or walking past the nondescript residence.
In the brand’s earliest days, it wasn’t just a home, but also the office, studio, and showroom for the burgeoning Rick Owens label. Of course, now there are proper offices and studio spaces around the world for that (including the factories in Concordia, Italy where many of the garments are made), and the label has expanded far beyond clothing and, since 2005, furniture.
Known for his brutalist aesthetic, Owens’ interpretation of furniture is based around a singular vision: a rock covered in fur and placed next to a fireplace. An avid fan of artists like Richard Serra, Owens’ furniture interprets ideas of patina, found objects, erosion, decay, and contrasts that with luxurious marble and stonemasonry. But its main creative force is actually Michele Lamy.