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The Council of Fashion Designers of America [CFDA] celebrated the winners and honorees of the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards in Partnership with Amazon Fashion at Cipriani South Street at Casa Cipriani in Manhattan. Natasha Lyonne served as the evening's host. The awards were co-hosted by CFDA members Joseph Altuzarra, Gabriela Hearst, Aurora James, and Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough to mark the CFDA's 60th anniversary.
Read MoreIn 2017, Thom Browne expanded his oeuvre and put men in dresses during his menswear show in Paris. That collection, called “Why Not?” was less a provocation than a flex: The elegant elongated shapes Browne was developing for women translated, seamlessly and cheekily, for men. Five years later—and after a two-year hiatus from Paris—Browne’s menswear is back in the French capital with similar potency.
Read MoreThe Met Gala is back and the red carpet looked like a Thom Browne runway show. Other designers like Gucci and Versace were well-represented but Thom Browne seriously took over with his over-the-top sartorial excellence and couture-like masterpieces. He is truly an artist.
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Thom Browne’s “first and only” family trip growing up was to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He would have been 11 years old at the time, but he remembers Caitlyn Jenner winning the gold medal in the decathlon and Nadia Comaneci scoring the first perfect 10 in gymnastics. It doesn’t take a lot of mental gymnastics to understand the imprint that these moments of athletic perfection must have left on Browne. Yes, there are the many references to sports in his clothing, but there is also the fact that fastening oneself into his suits requires the mental focus—and often the attenuated calf muscles—of an athlete.
For spring 2021 Browne has gone sporting at the 2132 Olympics, an event he imagines happening 239,000 miles from Earth on the moon. In a wry video he wrote that accompanies the collection, comedian Jordan Firstman and model Grace Mahary banter like sports commentators as models and flag bearers descend the stadium steps of the Los Angeles Coliseum. (The video is as wacky as any live Browne performance: transfixing, imaginative, maybe a little long.) The venue was chosen both for its Art Deco architecture and its hosting of the 1932 Olympics. The silhouettes of the ’20s and ’30s inform the clothing, from the drop-waist dresses to the slim skirts, some pleated, others as straight as your back must be to pull them off.
The entire collection is rendered in shades of white: ivory, eggshell, the palest yellow, the faintest gray. Browne chose the color as a symbol of hopefulness. Here it’s hard to divorce his creativity from that of his partner, Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Andrew Bolton. (They have, after all, spent about four to five months working from home together with their dog, Hector, who receives his own tribute as a handbag and as a spaceship in the film.) The Met’s Costume Institute exhibition “About Time: Fashion and Duration,” opening on October 29 because of COVID-19 delays, features only black clothes save its closing look: a white Viktor & Rolf upcycled couture dress, a gesture of stepping into a new, hopeful future.
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Thom Browne announces the opening of its Miami store, the designer’s second freestanding American shop.
Thom Browne continues his collaboration with architect Flavio Albanese of ASA Studioalbanese on the design of its newly opened store located within the Moore Building of Miami’s innovative Design District. The 3,000 square foot store neighbors some of Miami’s most prominent art galleries, restaurants and luxury retail boutiques. Behind Browne’s signature slat blind covered windows, the grey subway tile-wrapped boutique features a mobile wall installation that can be shifted to visually transform the space. Outside of the brand’s signature tailored and sportswear offerings, the store’s men’s and women’s assortment is tailored to the temperate climate through the use of seersucker, linen, and lightweight wool fresco fabrics. The mid-century furniture throughout the store is by American and French designers including Pierre Jeanneret, Dunbar by Edward Wormley, Paul McCobb, Jacques Adnet, and Maison Jansen.
Browne notes, “...I am excited for my store in Miami...the design district feels right and feels special and unique within the city...I felt it was important to be part of the design district because of the importance that the area places on art...and my approach to the design of the store is unique to Miami...my grey tile box...i felt the design district deserved a unique retail experience...”
Two girls dreaming of unicorns and mermaids, and all the things that little girls dream of... Thom Browne
Thom Browne Spring 2018 Ready-To-Wear - see full Paris Fashion Week collection.
I was just at the beaches in California where there are surfers everywhere but not a single one was donning the Thom Browne wetsuit - well, in fairness, it's part of his SS18 collection for Moncler Gamme Bleu (so it's not available yet). Though, I'm not sure the the Cali surfer dude is the type to sport this sophisticated wetsuit that mirrors a traditional suit. It's made of neoprene and perfectly tailored, as one would expect from Thom Browne. I have a feeling this wetsuit will see more photoflash than waves.
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Thom Browne for Moncler Gamme Bleu Spring/Summer 2018.
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