Publisher Description

Marking the 20th anniversary of the company's founding, this comprehensive monograph is the first book on Thom Browne. With a celebrity clientele including Cardi B, Michelle Obama, LeBron James, and Julia Roberts, among others, Thom Browne is widely recognized for modernizing today's professional uniform: the suit. As the company's 20th anniversary nears, Thom Browne. celebrates the legacy of the house. Specially commissioned photography by Johnny Dufort features looks from past seasons, with an introduction by Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu curator in charge of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute (and creative director of this title), setting the work in context. The book (designed by Irma Boom, an Amsterdam-based graphic designer widely recognized as one of the world's most inventive and experimental book designers), concludes with a tableau of show installations that further illustrate the house's design philosophy and evolution. Browne is considered one of the most important designers working today, with his brand currently offered in over 300 leading department and boutique stores across 40 countries and through 96 retail stores, flagships, and shop-in-shops in key cities such as New York, London, Milan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul. His reimagining of traditional proportions has inspired countless other designers and attracted a global consumer base. Published as a hardback within a case, this is the first book on Thom Browne, and has the full participation of Browne and the Thom Browne company at large.

Author Biography

Thom Browne is an American fashion designer and the founder/creative director of Thom Browne, a luxury fashion house based in New York. Initially celebrated for his distinctive approach to men s tailoring in 2003, Browne has since expanded the collections to include womenswear, childrenswear and accessories. He has also become known for his highly conceptual runway presentations which have gained global attention for their thought-provoking themes and dramatic settings. in 2023 he became chairman of the CFDA.Andrew Bolton is the Wendy Yu curator in charge at The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute in New York and has curated some of the Museum s most visited exhibitions, including Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (2011) and Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (2018). He has written more than twenty books, lectures widely, and contributes to many publications. Prior to joining The Met in 2002, he worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for nine years.

Review

'Lavish.' – The Art Newspaper
'There's something for everyone at the school of Thom Browne.' – GQ
'This 420-page tome let's [Browne's] clothes speak for themselves.' – Associated Press
'Will delight the eye every time you crack the cover.' – Whitewall

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