Rick Owens Creates an Ominous Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland For His F/W 2016 Collection

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Androgyny is trending on the runways and most designers are finding a way to incorporate the look into their collection through a cut, a color or a bright accessory, but

Rick Owens

has his own way of doing things. His Fall/Winter 2016 line, Mastodon, used volume to incorporate a touch of femininity, but more importantly to tell a story, one that was far from anything else we've seen this season. It called upon ideas of ecological anxiety and the possibility of annihilation—"what is the worst possible scenario?" he asked. The collection answered in almost grotesque proportions.

Models in sickly white faces came down the runway dressed in oversized outwear, unproportioned cargo pants and draped layers that seemed more appropriate for surviving the apocalypse than walking down Fifth Avenue. But that’s exactly what this was: an Owens-imagined wasteland. Fabrics were dripping in bleach-washed patterns while shearling coats enveloped models, almost drowning them in fabric. “I want to say I vomited this out,” Owens explained to

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