The idea was to deconstruct and
recreate the mysterious essence of male masculinity. Full-frontal “male nudity”
in the world of mainstream cinema, art and to a certain extent even fashion has
always been considered something outrageously X-Rated, bizarre, ugly, funny,
dirty and unnatural. Yes, Rick shocked and amused lot of people, by sending
three of his models in deconstructed tunics, featuring strategic peephole
opening revealing the model’s genital. The humorous side of social media wasted
no time to dub him as #dickowens. But, no, flopping penises were not the
protagonist of the show. There was more
to Rick’s collection. It was a fashion forward moment, a conversation starter
(Read: social media) on why something as natural as male genital is considered
a taboo. And, yes, Rick completely succeeded in his carefully thought wardrobe
malfunction.
