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Rick Owens has by no means been afraid of somewhat subversion. Actually, I’d argue it’s type of his complete factor (e.g., bondage, pee play, and that one time he hung your complete Estonian steel band Winny Puhh from the ceiling throughout a runway present in 2013). So when the 63-year-old designer off-handedly talked about to WWD this week that he’s beginning an OnlyFans web page solely dedicated to content material starring his ft, my first thought was, Effectively, it’s about time.
Whereas discussing his retrospective exhibit at Paris’s Palais Galliera, which opened to the general public on Thursday, Owens pronounced that he “shall be doing transgression until the day I die, as a result of that’s my protest,” including that “it’s a response to the prissy moralism and judgment that I see on the planet … It’s my manner of claiming, ‘Loosen up, don’t take all of it so severely.’ A little bit little bit of depraved enjoyable is elegant.” Three a long time after launching his namesake label, a “little bit of depraved enjoyable” apparently now means posting suggestive images of his piggies for his subscribers. WWD studies that Owens “casually talked about that he’s opening an OnlyFans account primarily based on his ft,” although it’s unclear how precisely he relayed this data.
Owens informed WWD he was impressed by the Countess of Castiglione, an 1800s Italian aristocrat who grew to become obsessive about commissioning images of her ft as she descended into outdated age. And why emulate the countess? In keeping with Owens, he “thought it was an attention-grabbing manner of addressing ageing.”
The designer admitted that his colleagues weren’t thrilled about his new enterprise enterprise, however he isn’t bothered. “I began my profession with an image of me pissing into my mouth,” he stated. “I imply, that is essentially the most harmless factor I’ve ever finished.” Better of luck to Owens on this new artistic endeavor, and will he appeal to solely the richest, most respectful foot fetishists.
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