“The world around us is impossible to ignore so the only way to go is parody.” With these words, Rick Owens opened his January 2026 runway show in Paris, inviting policemen to wear cropped tops as part of his incisive commentary on US authority, visibility, and gender norms. In a moment that blended politics, and fashion, Owens underscored once again how his work refuses to exist in isolation from the world around him. And that was truly amazing!

This spirit of audacious engagement is captured in More Rick Owens (By Rick Owens, Photographs by Danielle Levitt | Rizzoli, 2023 | Hardcover, 200 pages), a volume documenting a transformative period in his career. The book chronicles Owens’s experiments with new shapes, exotic materials, and an unprecedented embrace of colour. This amazing book offers an intimate view of nearly three decades of his “rawness-meets-glamour” aesthetic.

Lavishly documenting all genders’ collections, the book celebrates Owens’s continuing collaboration with photographer Danielle Levitt. Levitt’s photography brings both precision and provocation to the page, capturing the designer’s bold, sculptural creations, from diaphanous flowing garments to sharply architectural silhouettes. Exotic materials sit alongside iconic brand elements, creating a striking visual and tactile experience. Colour, once rare in Owens’s palette, now explodes across the pages: pinks, oranges, blues, greens, and iridescent tones vie with signature blacks, oxbloods, and muted dust hues, reinforcing his ongoing evolution.

Picking up where Rizzoli’s previous monograph left off, More Rick Owens begins with his critically lauded homage to rock-and-roll designer Larry LeGaspi, a frenzied visual statement that sets the tone for the work to come. Even during the pandemic, Owens remained inventive, producing his “covid quartet” of shows staged on the Lido di Venezia, proving that creativity can thrive under constraint. Levitt’s portraiture grounds these provocations, giving cohesion to a body of work that is simultaneously raw, refined, and unmistakably Owens.

The volume also resonates with the recent Palais Galliera exhibition in Paris, celebrating both Rick Owens and his longtime collaborator and muse, Michèle Lamy. This connection highlights how Owens’s aesthetic vision is inseparable from Lamy’s influence and presence, emphasizing their shared philosophy of bold experimentation, and theatricality (the piss room at the end of the show was a highlight).

More Rick Owens is more than a monograph, it is a visual manifesto, a love letter to a devoted following, and a bold, uncompromising chronicle of one of contemporary fashion’s most visionary designers. Nearly three decades into his career, Owens continues to redefine fashion while directly engaging with the social and political climate, as exemplified in his 2026 show. This 200-page volume captures his daring evolution with unmatched style and clarity, offering fans, fashion insiders, and newcomers alike a comprehensive view of the world of Rick Owens and the synergies with Michèle Lamy.

Proving his relevance again, the Rick Owens’s Spring/Summer 2026 campaign, “Promoting Unlimited Love”, was fantastic. It was photographed by Juergen Teller, and captures his Moncler + Rick Owens collection with raw intimacy and conceptual flair. Teller’s unvarnished, emotional style shows Owens, Michèle Lamy, and his creative collaborators in moments of affectionate, vulnerable connection all kissing and interchanging partners. Blending brutalist and bucolic influences, the campaign celebrates love in moments of political darkness.

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