Material & Color Guide
Below is a quick start guide to understanding the formatting of Rick Owens Product Codes, Fabric Codes, and Color Codes.
Note: Not all Rick Owens Fabric, Leather, and Color Codes can be found in the guide below as they change and update for every season.
How To Read
Rick Owens Product & Fabric Codes most commonly appear in two main formats:
Pre-SS13 (Island)
Post-FW13 (Plinth)
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Example Code(s):
Pre-SS13:
RU5256/UC
0078
Breakdown:
RU - Rick + Uomo. ‘Mans’ in Italian
5256 - This is the Unique Product code
/UC - Material, Unstable Cotton
0078 - Color, Dark Dust
Post-FW13:
DU15F5152-R
09
Breakdown:
DU - DRKSHDW + Uomo. ‘Mans’ in Italian
15F - ‘15’ refers to the year, (2015). ‘F’ refers to the season, F for FW, S for SS.
5152 - Unique product code
-R - Material, Jersey Cotton
09 - Color, Black
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Code Legend:
The starting two letters of the codes denote: Mainline, DRKSHDW, Hunrod or Lilies
and Womens, Mens, Unisex or Runway.
RU - Mainline Mens
RR - Mainline Runway Mens
DU - DRKSHDW Mens
RP - Mainline Womens
RO - Mainline Runway Womens
DS - DRKSHDW Women's
LI - ‘Lilies’ Women's line
RF - Mainline Forever
HU - Hunrod Line
Fabrics
/ABLV - 100% Wool (Blanket)
/B - 100% /UC cotton (Hemmed)
/B - 100% Woven Suiting Cotton (Summer Weight)
/BA - 100% Fine Weave Stiff Cotton
/BB - 100% Bamboo
/BS - 100% Denim Cotton
/BLV - 100% Cotton ‘Bleach Vomit’ (Mastodon)
/BW - 100% Cotton - Black Wax Denim
/BWS - 100% Cashmere
/BNSK - 100% Cotton, Polyester Embroidery
/BADNEM - 100% Cotton, 100% New Wool, 70% New Wool 30% Polyamide, 100% Cotton (Sphinx)
/CAMO - 97% Cotton 3% Elastane (Camo Print)
/CC - 100% Cotton (Coated Cotton)
/CE - 100% Cotton Velvet
/CG - 100% Stiff Silk
/CN - 100% Cotton (Corduroy Like Weave)
/CW - 100% Wool Boucle
/D - 100% Tech Cotton
/D - 100% Cotton (Stiff)
/DN - 6% Polyester 26% Polyamide 9% Elastane
/DT - 100% Cotton (Stiff)
/E - 100% Wool (Suit Fabric)
/F - 100% 'Felpa' Fleece Cotton
/F - 100% Felted Suiting Wool (Mastodon)
/FA - 55% POLYESTER, 45% SILK
/FEMB - 100% Wool with Cotton Embroidery
/FP - 100% Jersey Cotton
/G - 100% Cotton
/GC - 55% True Hemp 45% Pure Wool
/HM - 100% Virgin Wool Weave
/HGC - 100% Wool Knit (Mastodon)
/JR - 100% Silk
/JS - 85% Jersey 15% Silk
/JS - 85% Viscose 15% Silk
/JT - 100% Cotton
/K - 40% Acetate 40% Rayon 6% Cotton 4% Silk
/K - 53% Viscose 47% Cupro
/KB - 100% Cotton Denim Bleached
/KTR -100% Cotton Denim
/M - 100% New Wool
/M - 80% New Wool 20% Nylon
/M - 100% Cotton (Poplin)
/MD - 100% Silk Stiff Woven
/MO - 100% Cotton Moleskin
/MOA - 100% Cotton Moleskin
/MP - 100% Cotton “Paper” (Cy100% Silops)
/MR - 100% Cotton
/MU - 52% Cotton / 48% Nylon (‘Murray’)
/MY - 54% Wool 22% Yak 19% Nylon 5% Elastane (Mastodon)
/N - 39% VISCOSE, 39% COTTON, 22% POLYESTER (walrus)
/N - 100% Nylon
/NX - 100% Nylon (shiny)
/NR - 100% Cotton (50/50 Woven and Jersey)
/OC - 87% Cotton 13% Silk
/P - 98% Cotton 2% Spandex (Poplin)
/PC - 100% Silk
/PW - 97% Cotton 3% Elastane (Waxed)
/R - 100% Jersey Cotton (Pre-Cyclops DRKSHDW)
/R - 40% viscose / 31% Nylon / 26% Wool / 3% Elastane (Moody)
/R - 53% Cotton 47% Linen ‘Velvet’ (Mastodon)
/R Cotton (Patch Detailing)
/RC - 85% Viscose 15% Silk
/RN - 100% Cotton
/RNIP - 53% Cotton 47% Linen ‘Velvet’ with Contrast Fabric (Mastodon)
/RIG - 100% Stiff Cotton (Midweight, in between Jersey and Fleece)
/RWEB - 100% Cotton with 100% Cotton Ribbon
/S - 100% Cotton (Similar to /F cotton)
/SA - 65% New Wool 22% Mohair 7% Viscose 6% Polyamide (Boucle)
/SW - 89% New Wool 11% Nylon
/SBB - Denim and Elastane
/SBI - 97% Cotton (Denim) 3% Lycra
/SBL - 98% Cotton (Denim) 2% Spandex
/T - 60% Viscose 40% Wool
/TDD - 97% Cotton / 3% Elastane (Woven)
/TB - 100% Cotton (Triple Black Coated Denim)
/TE - 97% Cotton 3% Rubber
/TES - 97% Cotton 3% Rubber (Big Shorts White Stripe)
/U - 50% Polyester 45% Cotton 5% Wool
/UC - 100% Cotton (Unstable)
/V - 80% Viscose 20% Silk (Velour)
/WD - 100% Virgin Wool
/WD - 80% Wool 20% Nylon
/WEFA - 53% New Wool - 47% Viscose (Wool shell, Tux Lapel)
/WL - 57% Wool 43% Viscose
/WO - 54% Polyester, 44% wool, 2% Elastane (Mastodon Seersucker)
/WP - 100% Cotton (Waxed)
/WP - 64% Viscose 34% Wool 2% Elastane
/WP - 100% Cotton (Waxed Poplin)
/WM - 70% Mohair 30% Silk
/WM - 44% Mohair 37% Polyamide 19% Wool
/WMC - 58% Mohair 32% Polyamide 10% Wool (Mastodon)
/WS - 100% Cashmere (knit)
/WSL - 75% Cashmere 26% Wool 10% Polyamide
/WSB - 100% Boiled Cashmere
/Z - 100% Cotton (Island)
/Z - 100% Silk
/ZL - 96% Wool, 4% Elastane Blend (lightweight wool Cyclops)
/ZLMA - 96% Wool, 4% Elastane blend with 60% Silk 40% Acetate details
Leather
/LAT - Laminated Horse
/LALP - Calf and Horse
/LB - Blistered Lamb
/LBO - Boxed Calf
/LCW - Heavy Calf
/LD - Destroyed Lamb (crinkly leather)
/LFE - Smooth calf
/LG - Grained Lamb
/LGCOM - Grained Lamb / Combo panels
/LGI - Glass Ice Lamb
/LGE - 100% Calf Leather
/LGWM - Thick Washed Calf
/LGW - Lamb Washed
/LIN98 - Cracked Leather (Mastodon Adidas)
/LK - Kangaroo
/LKUP - Laser Cut Calf Leather
/LL - Washed Calf
/LLU - Textured Calf (Walrus)
/LLUP - Textured Calf (Walrus)
/LM - Metallic Calf
/LMO - Medium-Weight Smooth Lamb
/LMS - Blistered Suede
/LNB - Blistered Lamb
/LNS - Stretch Lamb
/LNSP (Through FW15) - 64% Lamb, 34% Cotton, 2% Elastane; 100% Calf details
/LNSP (From SS16 on) - 64% Sheep, 34% Cotton, 2% Elastane; 100% Lamb details
/LNS99 - Thick Stretch Lamb on Adidas Collaborations
/LPL - Sea Wolf Fish Leather (Walrus)
/LRHG - Sueded Goat
/LSN11 - Smooth Leather Mastodon Adidas
/LO - Oiled Calf
/LP - Hammered Lamb
/LPD - Blistered Calf (Shoes)
/LPO - Oiled Calf
/LPV - Light Calf
/LR - Rugged Lamb
/LS - Silky Lamb
/LST - Translucent Snakeskin (Cyclops)
/LSH - Shearling Lamb
/LSHO - Lamb Shearling with Calf features
/LSHP - Shearling Lamb
/LSSPS - Stretch Lamb Suede
/LT - Washed Calf
Colors
0001 - Bleach
0001 - Fluoro
0004 - Bitter
0006 - Passport
0009 - Black
0008 - Pearl
0011 - Milk
0012 - Daffodil
0014 - Parchment
0015 - Nil (Light Grey)
0015 - Jade
0018 - Dark Shad
0019 - Splash/Bleached Black denim
0023 - Flesh
0024 - Resin
0025 - Palm
0028 - Bone
0028 - Tear
0029 - Blackity Black
0034 - Mineral
0034 - Dust
0035 - Mustard
0039 - Hard Black
0044 - Blood
0046 - Dirty BL (Blue)
0048 - Petrol
0053 - Raisins
0077 - DRK SHAD
0078 - Drk Dust
0083 - Koolaid
0091 - Trashed Black
0099 - Black Mineral / Black inside (Indigo overdyed black)
0119 - Black/Milk
0978 - Black/Drk Dust
0991 - Bleach Vomit - Bleach Black Denim