Thom Browne

The History of Thom Browne

Thom Browne, born in 1965 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA, is an American fashion designer known for his conceptualization of the classic men's suit. He gained widespread recognition for his women's clothing after U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama wore one of his designs at the presidential inauguration in 2013.

Browne studied Business at the University of Notre Dame, where he was a competitive swimmer. After graduating in 1988, he moved to Hollywood to become an actor and found some success in commercials. Although he was not formally trained as a designer, he moved to New York City in 1997 to pursue a career in the fashion industry, first working for a tailor, then as a salesman for Giorgio Armani, and later as a designer for Club Monaco. Browne launched a line of tailored menswear in 2001, and his signature quickly became impeccably tailored suits in traditional navy wool. His designs initially shocked the fashion world but soon became leading in the trend of fitted menswear. Browne drew much of his inspiration from classic American style from the mid-20th century.

In 2004, Browne launched his first line of ready-to-wear menswear, and in 2005 he was a runner-up for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) / Vogue Fashion Fund, one of the top prizes for emerging American designers. The following year, the CFDA named him Menswear Designer of the Year. Browne's first women's pieces were designed as part of his work for Brooks Brothers' chic Black Fleece label in 2007, and he produced his own capsule collection of women's clothing that same year. During that period, Browne continued to focus primarily on menswear and won the GQ Designer of the Year award in 2008.

Browne introduced his first full line of ready-to-wear women's clothing for Spring 2011. Like his menswear, the collection was a reinterpretation of classic styles with edgy, somewhat subversive details: dresses, jackets, and trousers were shown in a classic American palette of red, white, and navy blue. In 2012, he was recognized by influential American designers across all industries with the National Design Award from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, which was presented to him by Michelle Obama. Browne was again named Menswear Designer of the Year by the CFDA in 2013 and 2016.

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