Trend forecasters are predicting a revival. The all-American appearance was born in a country club in the mid-century and was popular in 1980s films and seems to be airing again. A 17-year-old I know who shops for Vintage Polo shirts every weekend, Luca Guadagnino is filming a new version of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, American Psychiatric. A comprehensive about it.
If Prep does make a comeback on the track in the next few weeks, it won’t surprise Thom Browne. “I’ve been in that world because I love the eternity and ease of it,” he said. “I like the idea of wearing real clothes in a real way, not too precious clothes. Talk about sustainability – you can wear these things forever.” Just don’t call it a delivery fashion.
Thom Browne appears on the peaks of Thom Browne on jackets and coats in his new series, depicting photos of the preparatory lifestyle. Among their four quadrants are embroidered tennis rackets, swimmers, an anchor and in 1965, Brown was born. Some collections can find ways to attend country club and pool parties, such as the excellent hand-made Argyle Cardigan, a neat rain jacket with green technology Cordura fabric, and any Bermuda shorts. Brown cautiously pointed out that jeans are made from Selvedge denim in the best denim factories in Japan, the only person who is more obsessed with American style is probably Japanese. They even have a name, Amekaji.
But even though he built the TB repertoire, Brown was tailored, especially the grey suit, but his custom plaids and silk weeds were as careful and meticulous as tailored. Keeping the theme, a grey skirt is topped with a Maillot-shaped corset and brings it to extreme extremes, other suits are decorated with intarsia or embroidered with trompe l’Oeil effect bikini.
In other news, this is the tenth anniversary of Hector Bags, so you’ll see many iterations of dog-shaped bags here. The Palladian window prints and embroidery are a tribute to Brown’s new project, the renovation of an 18th-century house in upstate New York, which is now underway.
