Rick Owens’ new store-cum-shrine has finally arrived in that no-man’s patch of Manhattan known as Hudson Square. And as one would expect from the high priest of creepy chic, walls are bare while wares skew murky. But there is no shortage of delights, from vertiginously high-heeled manboots to the designer’s famous shrunken biker jackets. Yet not even the most artfully distressed leather jacket is likely to elicit the muffled squeals of joy promised by this dyed toadskin wallet and the special gift contained therein: an archaeo-delicate hoop lined with a halo of fine hair known as an Arabian Goats Eye—or cock ring. The directions say that the Eye has been used as a means of stimulation for hundreds of years and advises the new owner to “place it behind the acorn to enhance pleasure during coition.” Also to wash after use, since this tribal tiara for the shaft is not just precious, but also reusable. The wallet-and-ring combo ($650) makes a perfect present, the sort of thing sybaritic collector Sam Wagstaff might have given Robert Mapplethorpe for their anniversary. —Suleman Anaya
Wallet and Cock Ring, Rick Owens
