October 17, 2011 |
FROM THE VAULT (SUMMER 2011)
NAME: Thom Browne.
AGE: 45.
OCCUPATION: designer.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO THE TOP OF THE TREE?
“Hard work.”
DO YOU EVER WEAR YOUR OWN DESIGNS?
“They’re the only thing I wear.”
WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
“Reality.”
FASHION IS…
“For the birds.”
HOW IMPORTANT ARE HEMLINES?
“They are not.”
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ON YOUR EPITAPH?
“…Goodbye… Thank you… ”
WAS THERE A PARTICULAR POINT WHEN YOU STARTED TO GET AMBITIOUS?
“I’ve always been ambitious.”
HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN ALL ABOUT FASHION?
“No, still not.”
HAVE YOU EVER LIED IN AN INTERVIEW?
“All the time. I am doing it right now.”
DO YOU HAVE A MENTOR? A MUSE? WHO/WHAT ARE THEY?
“Real people.”
ARE YOU A BELIEVER IN HEALTHY COMPETITION?
“YES!”
WHAT IS GOOD DESIGN?
“Design that makes you think.”
WHAT’S VULGAR?
“Loud people.”
HAVE YOU EVER BANNED ANYONE FROM YOUR SHOW BECAUSE OF A BAD REVIEW?
“No, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I respect that.”
WOULD YOU?
“No.”
by Natalie Dembinska
Photograph by Martien Mulder – martienmulder.com
