“It’s not like we have to be doing these projects as collaborations,” says Browne of his rapidly growing homewares mini-empire, which already includes partnerships with Baccarat, Christofle, and Haviland. “But it’s a great learning process.” Indeed, for Browne—a long-time customer of Frette—part of the fun was simply discovering the remarkable savoir-faire involved in creating the …
Last night, Thom Browne’s fall 2024 show—which served as a dramatic closer to New York Fashion Week—had all the stars sitting front-row. Seulgi! Tierra Whack! Queen freakin’ Latifah! Sauntering in very last, however, was worldwide superstar Janet Jackson, who made a surprise appearance for her one-and-only show this week. She caused the photographers mingling about …
Despite Browne’s typically iconoclastic approach to the codes of sartorial categories—the trademark shrunken fits of his tailoring, say, or the dramatic, deconstructed shapes of his couture collections—for his collaboration with Baccarat, he decided to place more subtle twists on some of the house’s classic pieces. First and foremost was the Yacht glass, created in 1925 …