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Paris fashion week controversies: pregnant bellies, gagged models and whitewashed catwalks

London - A woman with a leather wicker mask could barely see through the plastic covered eyes. Another had her mouth sewn shut a la Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs, this time wearing a gold mask with holes cut out to see. A third was bound with her arm tightly sandwiched inside an elaborate blazer. Gagged, silenced and bound? This was no...

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Italy’s Ermenegildo Zegna acquires Thom Browne

Italian men’s luxury group Ermenegildo Zegna has acquired 85 percent stake in the American luxury label Thom Browne from Sandbridge Capital for around 500 million dollars, reports Financial Times quoting a statement from the company. The report further quoted Gildo Zegna, Chief Executive of Ermenegildo Zegna, saying in the statement that Thom...

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Video: Thom Browne SS19 Menswear PFW

Thom Browne Spring Summer 2019 Menswear collection, Paris Fashion Week. Source: M2M – Made To Measure, YouTube.

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Video: Thom Browne FW18 PFW

Thom Browne collection Fall Winter 2018/2019, March 2018, Paris Fashion Week. Source: FF Channel, YouTube

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Video: Thom Browne Men's FW18 PFW

Thom Browne Fall/Winter 2018 Men's collection, January 2018, Paris Fashion Week. Source: Fashion Feed, YouTube

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Moncler ends runway collections as Thom Browne & Giambattista Valli exit roles

London - Italian luxury label Moncler is set to halt its Gamme Bleu and Gamme Rouge runway collections following its Spring/Summer 2018 season, as the brand is set to head in a new creative direction. This new vision does not include input from designers Thom Browne and Giambattista Valli, creative directors of its Gamme Bleu and Gamme Rouge...

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Video: Thom Browne SS18 collection PFW

"&amp;a mp;gt; Thom Browne collection Spring/Summer 2018, Paris Fashion Week, 3 October 2017. Source: FF Channel, YouTube

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Thom Browne to "takeover" Colette

Colette is ready for their fourth designer takeover. As the department store heads toward its December closing, Thom Browne will be getting a month long installation beginning October 2. The second floor will be transformed into a sophisticated grey American office with mid-century furnishings. “I’ll always remember the first time I met Thom in...

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Marc Jacobs and Thom Browne win at CFDA Awards

The annual Council of Fashion Designers of America Fashion Awards took place last night in New York and Marc Jacobs scooped the coveted Womenswear Designer of the Year, while Thom Browne took home the Menswear Designer of the Year accolade. Both of which have won the honours before, Jacobs in 2010, and Browne in 2013. Taking place at New York’s...

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Rodrigo Bazan joins Thom Browne

Earlier this week, FashionUnited reported that Rodrigo Bazan stepped down from his role as chief executive officer of Alexander Wang. Now, the executive's next venture has been learned. Bazan will be stepping into the role of chief executive officer at Thom Browne Inc. Bazan steps into his new role at Thom Browne with 15 years of experience,...

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Thom Browne gets new majority investor

New York - Sandbridge Hill Capital, the private equity firm associated with Tommy Hilfiger, has acquired a majority stake in Thom Browne New York from Japan's Stripe International, formerly the Cross Company. Cross became involved with the company in 2009. They originally took a 20 percent stake in the company, but upped it to 67 percent...

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Thom Browne entering deal with Woolmark

New York - Thom Browne has just made history as the first U.S. designer to enter a deal with Woolmark Co. Under the deal, the designer will use Cool Wool in both his men's runway and commercial item pieces. Browne, whose claim to fame includes cropped suit pants for men, will be using exclusively Australian merino wool for his 2016 and 2017...