Thom Browne - Andrew Bolton

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Résumé :
Celebrating one of the moat influential fashion designers working today, phaeton Is pleased to announce a comprehensive volume on Thom Browne, exploring the originality and lasting impact of the award-winning designer's work. Feauring specially commissioned photography by Johnny Oufort of looks from Brown's past collections, the book also includes exclusive images of the brand's runway presentations, which offer an inside look into his theatrical and thought-provoking shows. Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York, chose the selection of garments featured and his introduction serves as an entrée into Brown's world, examining the trajectory of the brand and Its Iconic design philosophy. Enclosed in a clamshell box, the book includes more then 40 gatefolds and translucent vellum pages featuring the brand's signature four-bar.

Biographie:
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.