Who Is Rick Owens' Wife? the Truth About Michèle Lamy and Their Avant-Garde Romance
While Owens focuses primarily on ready-to-wear lines, footwear, and the brand's signature leather jackets, Lamy is the sole director of Rick Owens Furniture. Launched in 2006, the division operates less like a homeware line and more like a high-end conceptual sculpture workshop. Pieces routinely sell through elite galleries such as Galerie Carpenters Workshop for prices running anywhere from $30,000 to over $250,000.
The materials Lamy sources are intentionally uncompromising: petrified marsh bog wood preserved over millennia, heavy slabs of white alabaster, black concrete, and unpolished bronze. She works directly with master artisans across France and Italy, supervising the casting, carving, and balance of chairs that weigh several hundred pounds. These are objects designed for durability rather than domestic comfort, carrying the same gothic grandeur that defines their architectural runway presentations.
Her work routinely spills into performance art and cultural collaborations. In 2019, Vogue documented her conceptual performance installation with Estonian rapper Tommy Cash, which pushed the bounds of public art by staging surreal gallery exhibitions that challenged fashion-house conventions. She has organized traveling boxing installations with luxury department stores like Selfridges, created musical collectives like LAVALUCHE, and spent weeks recording audio collages with musical figures ranging from A$AP Rocky to black metal experimentalists. These projects keep the Owens brand linked directly to global youth culture without relying on traditional corporate marketing campaigns.
