Los Angeles-based designer Rick Owens opened his own eponymous label in 1994 to feel asymmetric dresses and sculptures. He has designed T-shirts, signature items such as very distressed leather jackets, and has received enthusiastic support from fans such as Madonna and Courtney Love. Owens' men's and women's lines, his Drkshdw and Lilies, represent his romantic brand of avant-garde rock and his couture in ready-to-wear.