THE ENDURING VISION

Legendary American designer Thom Browne, known for reinventing tailoring and combining it with the wildest imagination, reflects on how he’s excelled over his 20-plus-year career by doing what he truly loves

By Cherry Mui

Thanks to the signature shrunken silhouette, four-bar stripe and that specific shade of grey, you can spot a Thom Browne fan a hundred metres away. And it is quite the experience to be surrounded by a dozen brand aficionados in outfits they’ve styled themselves—some in mismatched socks adorned with ravens and roses, others in shorts or pleated skirts—when they converge at Upper House Hong Kong to meet the visionary, who visited the city for the first time in six years. We ask Browne, who also travelled to Tokyo and Shanghai last year to celebrate his eponymous brand’s 20th anniversary, how his signature uniform has been received differently in Asian markets from the west. “You just see the appreciation of it … people see that focused idea, and understand that there’s…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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