For men, Rick Owens offers a uniform that oscillates between monastic rigor and urban brutality. The American designer shakes up the classic proportions of menswear: t-shirts are disproportionately long, trousers feature low crotches, and volumes are exaggerated to redefine posture.
The selection showcases reworked iconic pieces: cargo pants with geometric pockets, "Flight" bomber jackets in technical nylon or patinated leather, and of course, chunky boots that ground the silhouette. It's raw luxury, designed for those who see clothing as modern armor.
About this selection
Rick Owens has developed a sartorial vocabulary for men that belongs to no pre-existing tradition of menswear, neither British tailoring, nor American sportswear, nor Japanese street fashion, although he maintains complex and nourishing relationships with each of these cultures. What the Californian designer has invented for men exists in an entirely new conceptual space, that of urban monasticism, borrowing simultaneously from the rigor of medieval religious orders, the aesthetic brutality of industrial environments, and a vision of contemporary masculinity that rejects conventional hierarchies between formal and casual, between luxury and raw, between protection and vulnerability.
The manipulation of proportions is Rick Owens' central creative tool in his approach to menswear. Elongated T-shirts that fall well below the belt and redefine the relationship between torso and legs, drop-crotch trousers that fundamentally alter how the male body occupies and moves through space, and exaggerated volumes that transform each silhouette into wearable architecture constitute a coherent system for subverting the norms of the dressed male body, a permanent invitation to reconsider what clothing can and should do for the wearer. Cargo pants with geometric pockets whose assumed functionality is treated as an aesthetic argument, Flight bombers in technical nylon or aged leather whose construction oscillates between sartorial precision and material brutality, and massive boots that anchor the silhouette to the ground with an authority and physical presence that no other footwear produces in the same way, compose a wardrobe of modern armor, designed for those who understand that the most radical luxury is one that transforms not only the appearance but also the posture and relationship to the world of the wearer.
At Actuel B, we offer a selection from the Rick Owens men's collection, available in our stores in Avignon and Arles as well as on our website. Iconic trousers, bombers, T-shirts, and boots are presented by teams trained in the raw and poetic universe of the house, with the personalized advice that characterizes our approach to multi-brand luxury.