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    Thom Browne Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear Collection

    We’re in fashion’s Paris heartland at the late Karl Lagerfeld’s former Left Bank home, the ornately splendiferous Hotel Pozzo de Borgo, and we’re here for the spring 2026 show of Thom Browne, that most American of American designers, though really we’re somewhere else—deep space, light years away. We’re about to have a Close Encounter of the Third Kind at Browne’s show, which offered up a wildly entertaining and witty fantasy of fashion’s meeting with alien life. The tiniest downside to doing this review of Browne’s exquisitely wrought collection is that I will now out myself as a mega-nerd, because I spotted quite a few of his nods and references. I…

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    Thom Browne Resort 2026 Collection

    The trend forecasters are predicting a prep revival. The all-American look, born of mid-century country clubs and popularized by 1980s movies, seems to be in the air again. A 17-year-old I know sets out each weekend to shop for vintage polo shirts, and Luca Guadagnino is filming a new version of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, American Psycho. That about synthesizes it. If prep does make a comeback on the runways in the coming weeks, it wouldn’t surprise Thom Browne. “I’m always in that world because I love the timelessness of it and the ease,” he says. “I like the idea of real clothes being worn in real ways, and…

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    Thom Browne Resort 2026 Menswear Collection

    The trend forecasters are predicting a prep revival. The all-American look, born of mid-century country clubs and popularized by 1980s movies, seems to be in the air again. A 17-year-old I know sets out each weekend to shop for vintage polo shirts, and Luca Guadagnino is filming a new version of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, American Psycho. That about synthesizes it. If prep does make a comeback on the runways in the coming weeks, it wouldn’t surprise Thom Browne. “I’m always in that world because I love the timelessness of it and the ease,” he says. “I like the idea of real clothes being worn in real ways, and…

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    A Tailored Return: Thom Browne Opens His First L.A. Flagship

    The evening began with a lively cocktail hour on the Chateau’s rooftop terrace. Guests—naturally dressed head-to-toe in Thom Browne, their looks tagged with his signature red, white, and blue grosgrain ribbon—sipped Champagne and admired each other’s sharply tailored ensembles. From pleated skirts and shrunken gray suits to breezy seersucker and polished black-tie, the crowd delivered an unofficial runway of Browne’s greatest hits. As chairman of the CFDA, Browne made the rounds graciously, greeting guests including Teyana Taylor, a devoted fan of the brand. He also huddled with Jenkins, Wang, and filmmaker Janicza Bravo before catching up with Leighton Meester, one of the first celebrities to wear Thom Browne on the…

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    Thom Browne Pre-Fall 2025 Collection

    Did anybody have as big a night at the Met Gala as Thom Browne? The designer dressed 21 guests in one-off creations—Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana, Lorde, Janelle Monae, and Nicki Minaj, among them. “It’s almost like a mini couture collection,” Browne said a few days after the festivities. We were Zooming about pre-fall, an offering that encompasses the other end of his business: the essential Thom Browne. Like the fall collection, which was shown back in February but will arrive in stores, including new outposts in Palm Beach and Los Angeles, after this one, pre-fall emphasizes the wearability of Browne’s clothes. At the Met, Moore donned a sculptural gown in…

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    Thom Browne Pre-Fall 2025 Menswear Collection

    Did anybody have as big a night at the Met Gala as Thom Browne? The designer dressed 21 guests in one-off creations—Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana, Lorde, Janelle Monae, and Nicki Minaj, among them. “It’s almost like a mini couture collection,” Browne said a few days after the festivities. We were Zooming about pre-fall, an offering that encompasses the other end of his business: the essential Thom Browne. Like the fall collection, which was shown back in February but will arrive in stores, including new outposts in Palm Beach and Los Angeles, after this one, pre-fall emphasizes the wearability of Browne’s clothes. At the Met, Moore donned a sculptural gown in…