Rick Owens: How to Read a Product Code and Date a Piece

A current Rick Owens or DRKSHDW code such as DU01D1752BB-09 can tell you the line, season, year, style, material, and color reference:

• DU identifies DRKSHDW menswear
• 01 means Spring/Summer
• D corresponds to 2024
• 1752 is the style or product number
• BB identifies the material used for that style
• 09 is a recurring Rick Owens code for black

This format applies to core apparel from 2021 onward. Earlier tags use different structures, so identify the era before decoding the characters.

Rick Owens Product-Code Formats by Era

The boundaries are approximate because Rick Owens has used exceptions across accessories, footwear, collaborations, and transition seasons. Specialist reference Truss Archive documents the formats, while official product guides provide dated examples from the brand itself.

Current Codes: 2021 to Present

Line Prefixes

Prefixes for accessories and collaborations do not always follow the core apparel pattern. Date those pieces with the product page, packaging, or collection imagery as well as the code.

What the Rick Owens Lines Mean

Rick Owens mainline

Mainline is the core Rick Owens collection for men and women. It includes runway pieces and ready-to-wear such as tailoring, leather jackets, knitwear, dresses, trousers, and footwear. The RR and RO prefixes are commonly associated with runway categories, while RU and RP appear across the broader men's and women's collections.

Mainline usually carries the most collection-specific fabrics and runway ideas. A familiar garment name can return in later seasons with a new material or altered cut, so the full code matters.

DRKSHDW

DRKSHDW is a distinct Rick Owens line with a stronger focus on denim, cotton jersey, casual layers, and workwear-derived pieces. The official store separates DRKSHDW into its own men's and women's collections.

The line uses many of the same long, oversized, and architectural shapes as mainline, but often translates them into denim, jersey, canvas, and other everyday fabrics. DU commonly marks men's apparel and DS women's apparel; specialist guides use U for DRKSHDW footwear.

Rick Owens Lilies

Lilies is a women's line centered on jersey garments. Its official collection features fluid dresses, tops, skirts, and trousers built around drape and stretch. The usual prefix is LI.

Lilies is easy to mistake for a product family because its pieces still carry recognizable Rick Owens shapes. The prefix shows that it belongs to a separate, jersey-focused line.

Hunrick Owens and Hunrod

Rick Owens has described Hunrick Owens as the company's fur line. The name appears less often than mainline, DRKSHDW, or Lilies, and specialist code guides associate related products with the HU prefix.

Hunrod is different: it is the fine-jewelry project associated with Michèle Lamy and Loree Rodkin. An official Rick Owens interview distinguishes DRKSHDW, Hunrick Owens, Lilies, and Hunrod as separate parts of Owenscorp.

Dark Dust and Larry

Dark Dust is generally a color description used across Rick Owens products, rather than a standalone clothing line. Listings that call something “Dark Dust line” are usually referring to the color or using resale shorthand.

Larry is the name of the Fall/Winter 2019 collection, not a permanent line or prefix. Collection names such as Larry, Vicious, Porterville, and Concordians identify a season; they do not replace the mainline or DRKSHDW designation.

Season and Year Codes from 2021

The letter advances by one each year. This pattern is documented by specialist references and matches Rick Owens' own Fall/Winter 2024 Porterville product guide, where official filenames include codes beginning 02D: 02 for Fall/Winter and D for 2024.

Use extra care with collaborations and non-apparel categories. A familiar-looking number or letter is useful supporting evidence, but it should agree with the product name and collection context.

Style, Material, and Color

The four-digit section identifies the style internally. There is no complete public key that turns every style number into a garment type, so search the full code when you want the exact model name.

Material letters such as BB, NPD2, or LSH identify a fabric or construction used for that product. These abbreviations can change by season and line. The product's composition label or official listing is the better source for the full material name.

09 in current codes and 0009 in older codes recur on black products. This is a strong reference point, though it is safer to confirm the listed color than to treat any color code as permanent. Other colors can use different numbers from one season to the next.

Worked Examples

DRKSHDW Sphinx Jumbo Worker Jacket: DU01D1752BB-09

DU DRKSHDW menswear · 01 Spring/Summer · D 2024 · 1752 style · BB material · 09 black.

The code places the jacket in Spring/Summer 2024 DRKSHDW.

Rick Owens Flight Down Jacket: RR02D6915NPD2-09

RR men's mainline/runway · 02 Fall/Winter · D 2024 · 6915 style · NPD2 material · 09 black.

The code places the jacket in Fall/Winter 2024 mainline.

Concordians Runway V Tank: RR02E1683KWVH-09

RR men's mainline/runway · 02 Fall/Winter · E 2025 · 1683 style · KWVH material · 09 black.

The code places the tank in Fall/Winter 2025, the Concordians season.

Codes from Roughly 2013 to 2020

The post-2013 format writes the year directly and uses S or F for the season. In DU18F7820-KLY, DU means DRKSHDW menswear, 18 means 2018, and F means Fall/Winter. The remaining characters identify the style and material or color reference.

The changeover was gradual around the 2013–14 period, and accessories may retain an older-looking format. When the tag sits near that boundary, compare it with dated product or runway images.

Reading Pre-2013 Tags

Older tags still carry useful product information. A code such as RU 2754 /G 0009 can be read as a mainline prefix, a style number, a material code, and the recurring black color code.

What it does not contain is a reliable season or year field. Date a pre-2013 piece by combining the tag with runway photographs, lookbooks, archived product listings, and construction details. The code can help identify the model even when it cannot supply the year.

Rick Owens Drkshdw

Rick Owens Drkshdw Sphinx Jumbo Worker Button-Up Jacket

Rick Owens Drkshdw Sphinx Jumbo Worker Button-Up Jacket

Rick Owens

Rick Owens Flight Down Jacket

Rick Owens Flight Down Jacket

Rick Owens

Rick Owens Concordians Runway V Tank In Black Wool

Rick Owens Concordians Runway V Tank In Black Wool

Rick Owens Lilies

Rick Owens Lilies Svita Trousers

Rick Owens Lilies Svita Trousers

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