Fashion career profile

Michèle Lamy

Michèle Lamy is the French artist, entrepreneur and long-standing business and creative partner of Rick Owens. She ran her own Los Angeles label, Lamy, and hired Owens to work on its menswear line before he launched his own brand in 1994. Lamy then became his partner in business and life, contributing to the visual world, operations, casting, collaborations and cultural direction around the Rick Owens house. The company’s own account also credits Elsa Lanzo and Luca Ruggieri as key partners in building the business. The directory records Lamy’s role as a defined partnership rather than simplifying it to muse, spouse or a generic creative-director title. Her record is linked to Rick Owens while keeping her independent artistic practice and external collaborations distinct.

Role
Creative partner, Rick Owens
Nationality
French
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Fashion houses
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