Mystical idealism and dialectical materialism confront in the terrain of minimalism!

The Anthem Men’s Spring/Summer 2011 Collection by Rick Owens is characterised by austerity. Yet fluid lines and elaborate cuts add an intriguing complexity to the collection; opulent but not superficial.

The collection evokes certain mysticism as if the garment’s sole purpose was the use in some form of ritual, expressing a spiritual search for an idealistic cause. Yet the stylistic influences from the garments of common workers reveal that seeking such idealistic, high purpose, is designated to fail. It is a collection about the conflict of the desire to believe in something and the vanity of life. It is about a self destructive, almost nihilistic (!) idealism in affinity with romanticism. Beautiful collection.

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