Rick Owens: the fashion exhibition dedicated to the designer invades the Palais Galliera

From June 28, 2025 to January 4, 2026, the Palais Galliera becomes the home of one of the most subversive designers of our time: Rick Owens. The architect of underground fashion arrives at the 16th arrondissement museum with a phenomenal retrospective exhibition featuring over 100 silhouettes, never-before-seen archives and works of art. A veritable manifesto against smooth, self-righteous fashion.

Thefashion exhibition plunges us into the raw, unfiltered world of this designer who turns fashion into a weapon. From his beginnings in Los Angeles in the '90s to his move to Paris in 2003, Rick Owens has never stopped pushing the boundaries to unveil creations in which each silhouette seems an aesthetic punch.

Where others opt for gentleness, Rick Owens opts for shock: sculptural creations, shapes that play with brutalist architecture, dark colors that cast a shadow over his inspirations of great Hollywood films, or Parisian and New York haute couture. Iconic, brutal, anything but banal.

For the occasion, this new carte blanche project extends beyond the walls of the fashion museum, spilling out onto the façade and into the square, in part reactivating the 19th-century configuration of the Palais Galliera, bathed in natural light. An extension of Rick Owens' unbridled, uncompromising spirit, offering a 360° immersive experience at the heart of his iconoclastic universe.

But it's not just about fashion, it's a cry. Rick Owens denounces, challenges and shakes things up. His spectacular shows sound like an aesthetic revolt against patriarchy, while celebrating women's physical strength, not in a world of glitter, but in raw, visceral beauty, a true performance. Through creations that defy the norm, he brings to light a radical glamour, where each piece becomes an act of resistance.

Far from being a simple retrospective, the exhibition invites you to rethink fashion, art and perhaps even yourselves. A necessary immersion, a stylish provocation.

Ready to dive into the decadent world of Rick Owens?