Rick Owens’ ‘Walrus’ Men collection

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The soundtrack to the poetic and emotional Rick Owens show was Neil Young’s ‘After The Gold Rush’

The lyrics of the song refer to the idea of environmental destruction:

"I'm thinking a lot about that a lot, thinking about the challenges that the world is facing, and how people deal with changes,”

explained Rick, backstage.

The man of summer 2017 is a ‘Walrus’, or a Morse in French: a largeness expressed as a figure wrapped and protected in an excess of draped fabrics, cottons, silks and taffetas.

The XXL pants are super long, with Japanese-style panels that trail on the ground and conceal the shoes. The sleeves are dropped and the ultra-mini leather jackets cropped and wasp-waisted.