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"In years past, the National Design Award for Fashion has tended to go to
designers who aren't afraid to go off the beaten path, and Rick Owens,
this year's winner, is no exception.
The Paris-based, Southern
California-bred designer will pick up the prize from the Smithsonian's
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum at its annual gala on Oct. 18.
In
addition to designing a signature collection, Owens is artistic director for the
French fur house Revillon. He beat out Phillip Lim and Narciso Rodriguez for
this year's fashion award, the latter a three-time finalist.
While the NDA
is in its eighth year, fashion only became a category in 2003, when Tom Ford
took home the top prize. Save for him, the annual honor has favored more
away-from-the-fray designers including Maria Cornejo, Yeohlee Teng and the
husband-and-wife team of Isabel and Ruben Toledo.
Owens, the 2002 CFDA Perry
Ellis award winner for emerging talent, is known for his glamour-meets-Goth
designs and unpredictable initiatives. He recently teamed up with underground
director Bruce LaBruce to place his designs in an upcoming horror flick. This
fall, while the Paris ready-to-wear runway shows are under way, his furniture
collection will be shown at Jousse Enterprise gallery.
"My look is about an
appreciation of teenage angst without actually having the angst," Owens has
said. Source Citation:Feitelberg, Rosemary. "RICK OWENS EARNS
NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD."WWD


