Last season Christopher Kane unleashed gorillas and now he’s dropping bombs. At the same time, Rick Owens is letting there be fog for DRKSHDW. Something in the water?
Graphic tees are obviously nothing new for Kane (and judging by the hoopla over his gorilla series, we’ll probably see more of it). But Rick doing print? The man keeps us on our toes. It’s something that he is delving into a bit more—both for his mainline and DRKSHDW. Even though print is something we haven’t really seen before from him, his identity is still embedded in these shirts. He can deviate a little bit without compromising his aesthetic.
The DRKSHDW version of the cloud/smoke tee offers a bit more than Christopher Kane’s, aesthetically speaking. More so because the shape of Rick’s version is quite nice. The free-form/kaftan esque shape takes the mundaneness out of wearing a regular ol’ tee-shirt.
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