"We're rejecting conventional beauty, creating our own beauty," Designer Rick Owens said about his Spring 14 women's collection he debuted at Paris Fashion Week (PFW). Instead of holding the traditional model casting, Owens recruited four step dance troupes—Step with Momentum, W Diva, Zeta and Soul Steps—to form a single unifying force he titled “Vicious.” With electro-synthetic beats and rhythmic stomp, the show created an experience that broke the fashion mold in a major way!

It was refreshing to see models/performers at a major fashion show that were bigger than a size 4, who were predominately African American, and had their hair in afros, dreadlocks and braids. Typically, PFW has little to no African American models walking the catwalk and if they are walking their hair is long and straight.

The collection was classic Rick Owens, with angular body styles creating a dramatic but minimalistic look with olive-hues, black jersey and leather. Owens is a master at draping, the combination of tribal and Grecian influences, gives the collection a dose of modern femininity. The perfect collection for pretty tomboy's like myself!

What an innovative collection! lol I am not in Paris but I do feel inspired by this, well done Rick!

What did you guys think of the show? Does this set the tone for shows in February?

Kosi

I remember growing up having a collection of Caboodles make up cases, my mom would actually get one for me and one for my niece Akua. I wasn't allowed to put on make up so I would put jewelry and lip gloss in the cases, they were mainly for decoration for my room.

I had the privildege to meet with the Caboodles team who had a kiosk at Mercedes Benz Fashion week at Lincoln center this past September. It was the perfect place for them to celebrate their 25th birthday with the re-release of their 1987 case:

I also had a chance to view their lookbook, a few of my favs are below! I have been addicted to the photo app Polamatic lately. I thought it was fitting for the cases:

Nostalgia at it's finest! I plan on purchasing the En Vogue train case in the next few days. You can find the rest of the collection on the facebook page for Caboodles here.

Here's to 25 more years Caboodles!

Kosi

Steppin' Warriors: Rick Owens Spring 14

Caboodles Brings Back 'Vintage 1987' Case