Crowned as fashion’s Lord of the Darkness, the Californian designer is known for his gender-neutral designs focused on the principles of deconstruction and sophistication – both boots have a distinctive oversized, heightened tongue, and are built using tumbled black Lunar leather: used to contrast the upright structure of the silhouettes. Long pearl laces are locked in place with dull silver hook trims and eyelets, furnished with heavy zips inside the ankles, black and pearl heel loops.

To understand the depths of the collaboration, Owens chose Ron Athey to spotlight the boots when shooting the above images adding that: “His work speaks to the eternal primitive in all of us and to our shared human experiences – fear, shame, sexuality, mortality and faith – in a timeless tradition of blood rituals, from the drama of human sacrifice on Mayan altars to a messiah on a cross to childbirth to a blood test to our current war… I asked Ron to represent this Dr. Martens collab as an example of how elegantly real transgression – and our individual searches for transcendence – can be.” And you'll be able to see that for yourself once the collection is available this Wednesday 2nd of December at Dr. Martens' flagship stores, select partners or online.