Who's Your Daddy??

Do you know Thom Browne?

Does ANYONE know Thom Browne?

Thom Browne has an agenda/collection checklist that goes something like this:

1. subversive - check

2. perverse - check

3. attention-grabbing at all costs (coffins!) - check

4. lobster-claw mitts to the floor (where appropriate) - check

5. linebacker chic - both men AND women - check

6. androgyny - check

Just your typical Thom Browne throw-down.

OK, Thom - we get it.  Just don't put us in a headlock!!

In the reviews of these collections from the fashion press, there is an effort to compartmentalize, to demystify, to make sense of the motivations and REAL meaning of the collection, the intentions of the designer - what was he really trying to say? Intriguing to say the least.

Well, subtexts and interpretations and influences there may be, but let's focus on the most important question: 

What about the beautiful, couture-level clothing?

And, if we are going to have a contest as to which designer has the claim to being most outrageous, I can think of several other candidates.  Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and Marc Jacobs come to mind.

Frankly, why are we surprised at Thom's output and viewpoint?  What would you expect of the love child of Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali??  Just saying.

Having viewed his womenswear collections of the past several seasons on YouTube, I KNOW I'm right!

The updated high Thirties aesthetic a la Gerald and Sara Murphy and Pat O'Brian at Notre Dame, the craftsmanship details and deliberate exaggeration of his clothing, combine to present an impressively dynamic originality, which I would not only wear, but would collect.

An amazing talent!  And here is the test: can you wait until his next collection/performance?

I'm afraid I can't!!