In the hours and days that followed, public relations experts worked overtime to defuse the situation. Having failed (unsurprisingly) to keep the story out of the news, a statement from the label emerged that Rick had known absolutely nothing of Diarc’s actions prior to him carrying them out, and was reportedly so angry that he punched the model clean in the face the moment he stepped off the catwalk. Further retribution was swift; it’s fair to say that lead balloons have been dropped slower than Diarc’s agency dropped him…
Yet, despite countless attempts by the media to obtain a statement from the Colombian-born model on why exactly he had chosen this moment and this medium to express his (somewhat confusing) political outrage, Diarc himself remained resolutely tight-lipped. While this naturally fanned the flames of intrigue surrounding the whole affair, eventually the world moved on, resigning itself to the fact that this would likely remain yet another large, unsolved curiosity in the labyrinthine fable that is Rick Owens’ life.
Until now, that is. Speaking to the press for the first time ever on the matter, Jera Diarc agreed to an interview with writer Michelle Doreen, which you can find right here, exclusively on Highsnobiety. With Rick Owens’ latest collection due to be exhibited in Paris tomorrow, does this shed any more light on the matter?
We’ll leave you to be the judge of that.