Rick Owens

Phlegethon SS 2021 menswear begins the Venice Lido digital cycle and makes format part of the collection. Loose leather mesh, knits, swimwear and archive references appear through quilted shoulders, double-layer mesh tanks and membrane-like T-shirt echoes, with wader boots and masks grounding the body in pandemic-era protection. The public encounter is not an ordinary Paris runway: it is a restricted, filmed Lido presentation shaped by fitting, reuse and reduced production. Its importance comes from turning limitation into a visible menswear grammar.