Rick Owens' stomping S/S 2014 fashion show

<p> The controversy over whether or not fashion designers embrace enough diversity in their model castings was blown to bits at Rick Owens, where the American designer featured a throng of real woman - ethnically diverse with shapely curves. Not only did the women - members of various American step dance crews - not adhere to Paris&#39; typical model look, they didn&#39;t act like them either. They came onto the stage stomping their feet, beating their chests, snarling their lips and growling like wild, wonderful beasts, before launching into a 15-minute choreographed tribal dance that electrified the jaded fashion audience. Everyone&#39;s eyes may have been glued to these girls&#39; moves, <a href="http://www.wallpaper.com/fashion/fashionweeks/2014/ss/womens/paris#87456" target="_blank">but it was hard not to notice that the clothes looked great</a>, too. Draped tops, leather vests, tunics and knit shorts were all done the Owens way: sportswear wrapped to regal heights. Even with the African beats, the women sported swathes of solid hues: khaki, black and white, rather than riots of patterned cloth. Owens never broke down and offered &#39;real&#39; models as a counterpoint to his guest dancers. These are the women, take it or leave it, he seemed to say. They were glorious, so it goes without saying, we&#39;ll take it.</p>