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Paris Fashion Week FW26 · Runway show Womenswear

Rick Owens

48 looks, shown 5 March 2026 in Paris. Known this season for knee-high boots, knee-high boots, shorts.

48Looks

1.9%Of the week's looks

20th / 57Largest show

CharcoalLead colour

The show

The collection, look by look

Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026-2027 · FW26

Every look in runway order as a column of the colours measured from its garments. Hover or use the arrow keys to read each one; play to walk the show.

Look 1Look 48

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1

Look 1 of 48

Strapless black leather column gown with slouched pockets and pooling hem

Heavy, crinkled leather is cut like a soft tube and left to slump and pool at the floor, turning a severe strapless column into something fluid, wet-looking and quietly menacing in the fog.

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Shape: column · draped · straight · relaxed
Pieces: gown
Fabric: leather · crumpled
Details: cape back · draping · utility pockets
Styling: tonal head to toe
Mood: austere · dark · dramatic · powerful

What set Rick Owens apart

Over-represented in this house's looks compared with the rest of the season.

Knee-high boots footwearKnee-high boots accessoryShorts garmentBleached / bare brows makeupBleached / dyed colour hairSculptural / editorial hair

The palette

Share of garment area across 48 looks, measured from the clothes (skin and set excluded).

Silhouettes

Oversized58%
Sculptural / architectural58%
Inverted triangle / strong shoulder50%
Straight / tubular25%
Cocoon23%

Share of the 48 tagged looks.

What the collection was made of

Share of the 48 looks described by our AI tagger

Top (unspecified)40%
Shorts35%
Coat25%
Gown21%
Cape10%

The character of the clothes

Rick Owens's clothes were darker, more muted, smoother, more daring and more experimental than most of the season.

DarkerLighterdarker than 79% of collections
MutedVividmore muted than 98% of collections
CoolerWarmer
SmoothTextured & printedsmoother than 86% of collections
CasualFormal
ClassicDaringmore daring than 94% of collections
ExperimentalWearablemore experimental than 92% of collections

Rick Owens against every other house measured so far

Also in Paris, Fall/Winter 2026

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The fortnightly digest

Rick Owens, in context

Every house is measured against every other, across every fashion week. The fortnightly digest sends you what moved, and who moved it.