Rick Owens held his Spring/Summer 2018 men's collection show in the courtyard of the Palais Royal in Paris on June 22nd. Unlike last season, which focused on messages of rebellion and movement, this season's collection was inspired by landscape art. The show was a grand affair, with scaffolding surrounding an architectural structure erected on the runway. Inspired by the image of a building's framework, many of the pieces featured designs that showcased their structure, including jackets with exposed shoulder pads, cotton organza jackets with sheer seams, and see-through biker jackets made of tulle. A look featuring three layered T-shirts of different shapes and a draped T-shirt made of organza also maintained the structural appeal of the collection. The tops were paired with variations on baggy pants.

Two-thirds of the materials are original, so there are many new items, such as a reproduction of a textured silk croc from the 1920s, sugar twill, and water-soluble coated materials. There are also plenty of stories that are typical of this maison, such as white denim woven in an all-female factory in India, and ramie, the world's oldest material, which was used on Egyptian mummies.