Avant Garde matriarch Michele Lamy’s aesthetic has created legions of fans. From her beginnings as a sportswear designer and performer in Los Angeles to fashion figure in Paris, where alongside her husband and design partner Rick Owens she continues to evolved her distinct personal brand.
Here, a look at the avant-garde icon’s style evolution.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Fairchild Archive Michele Lamy photographed before she performs at the Les Deux Cafe on March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Fairchild Archive Michele Lamy performs at the Les Deux Cafe on March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Fairchild Archive Michele Lamy and Rick Owens attend the Catherine Baba for Gripoix Fall 2012 Collection Party in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Michele Lamy in the front row at Rick Owens Fall 2017 Menswear presentation in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WWD Michele Lamy attends the Prada Presents ‘Past Forward,’ A Short Film By David O. Russell on November 15, 2016 in Los Angeles.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Michele Lamy attends the Moncler Genuis Spring 2019 Ready To Wear presentation on September 19, 2018 in Milan.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Lodovico Colli Di Felizzano/WWD Michele Lamy attends the Rick Owens Fall 2018 Menswear show afterparty on January 13,2018 in Milan.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Clint Spaulding/WWD Designers Rick Owens and Michele Lamy on the winners walk at the 2017 CFDA awards in New York on June 5, 2017.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Michele Lamy front row at Rick Owens Fall 2018 Menswear Runway Show in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Stephen Lovekin/WWD Michele Lamy attends the 2017 CFDA awards in New York City.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Lodovico Colli Di Felizzano/WWD Michele Lamy in the front row at Viktor and Rolf Fall 2017 Haute Couture runway show in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Michele Lamy and A$AP Rocky front row at Rick Owens Spring 2019 Menswear Runway Show in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: WWD Michele Lamy attends the amfAR dinner during Paris Spring 2019 Haute Couture Fashion Week on June 30, 2019.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Michele Lamy front row at Virgil Abloh for Off-White Fall 2019 Menswear Ready To Wear runway show in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Offset and Michèle Lamy in the front row at the Rick Owens Men’s Spring 2024 at the Palais de Tokyo on June 22, 2023 in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Teyana Taylor, Offset, Michèle Lamy, and Kyle Kusma in the front row at the Rick Owens Men’s Spring 2024 at the Palais de Tokyo on June 22, 2023 in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Aitor Sosas Sune/WWD Michèle Lamy and Cardi B at Rick Owens RTW Spring 2025 as part of Paris Ready to Wear Fashion Week held at Palais de Tokyo on September 26, 2024 in Paris, France
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Michèle Lamy at Vetements RTW Spring 2025 as part of Paris Ready to Wear Fashion Week on September 27, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Gilbert Flores/WWD Michèle Lamy at Usher’s Secret Garden Met Gala After Party held at The Times Square Edition on May 6, 2024 in New York, New York.
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Michele Lamy Style Evolution
Image Credit: Swan Gallet/WWD Michele Lamy at Rick Owens Fall 2023 Ready To Wear Runway Show on March 2, 2023 at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France.