Rimowa Unveils ‘Bronzed’ Rick Owens Case – and Fuzzy Luggage Tag

FREQUENT FLIER: Rick Owens is a carryon-only traveler, and now he has a suitcase that matches the esthetics of his properties in France and Italy.

His limited-edition collaboration with Rimowa, teased Thursday at his fall 2025 menwear present in Paris, hinges on a bronze exterior harking back to the weathered steel floor of sculptures by Richard Serra, Constantin Brâncuși or Alberto Giacometti, and an inside lined in black leather-based like some high-end glove field.

“I additionally developed black matching leather-based toiletry circumstances so the entire thing, it’s simply all completely matched,” Owens mentioned. “I would sound lavish to some individuals, in a manner, but it surely’s not like I’m ever gonna have a personal jet. That’s not the world that I reside in.

“My garments, I’m certain, find yourself on lots of personal jets. I can’t management that, however I can attempt to guarantee that what I’m producing has some form of integrity and non-disposability constructed into it,” Owens added.

Solely 500 Rimowa x Rick Owens Unique Cabin Bronze circumstances can be produced, retailing for two,900 euros at Rick Owens boutiques and the net shops of Rimowa and the Paris-based American designer. The circumstances are to launch on Jan. 30, as reported.

Rimowa mentioned the bronze exterior required “a meticulous, guide pigment software course of,” which suggests “no two suitcases are precisely alike” and the patina will evolve because the case ages, “including to its uniqueness.”

Every bag comes with a lifetime assure, and a baggage tag made with “hair-on calfskin” at Owens’ manufacturing web site in Concordia, Italy.

Hugues Bonnet-Masimbert, Rimowa’s chief government officer, lauded Owens’ “fearless strategy,” which “impressed a collaboration that challenges conference at each step. We reimagined the boundaries of our manufacturing to ship a chunk that celebrates creativity and craft at their highest degree. Rick Owens brings an unapologetic edge to the whole lot he touches.”

To wit: Owens conscripted his spouse and artistic collaborator Michèle Lamy  to pose for pictures subsequent to large rolls of aluminum at Rimowa’s manufacturing facility in Cologne, sporting a jacket with jutting shoulders and padded gladiator boots.