THOM BROWNE

Thom Browne’s stunted male silhouette and his otherworldly creations for women have placed him at the vanguard of New York’s fashion scene. His aesthetic and theatrical presentations have garnered worldwide recognition and led to extremely successful collaborations with Brooks Brothers and Moncler Gamme Bleu.  In 2001, Browne started his label, believing that the ubiquity of casual dressing had created a gap in the market.  In 2003, he opened his made-to-measure store in New York, quickly followed by a presentation at New York Fashion Week in 2004. In 2007, he began collaborating with Brooks Brothers and was named Designer of the Year by GQ the following year. In 2013, the CFDA awarded Browne its Menswear Designer of the Year Award.

Browne made an audacious move in 2011, launching a womenswear collection at New York Fashion Week. His womenswear aesthetic is as equally novel as that of his menswear. However, for all of his collection’s avant-garde sensibilities, Michelle Obama called upon the designer to custom-make a coat dress for her husband’s second inauguration.