Thom Browne
All brandsThe uniform, recut
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About the brand
A New York house. Thom Browne began in 2001 with five suits, in a small by-appointment shop in the West Village. He is known for having recut the uniform - the grey suit - rather than abandoning it: shortened proportions, a closer fit. The eyewear began in 2011 with DITA, and since 2022 the house has made it itself.
- Origin
- United States
- Material
- Acetate · metal
- Runs
- Seasonal collections alongside a permanent line
The eyewear was brought back in house
The eyewear began in 2011 with DITA. Ten years later, in 2022, Thom Browne brought it back in house - few take that step in that direction.
The logic matches the suits: rather than seek a new shape, the house takes a familiar one and changes its measure. That is why Thom Browne eyewear looks classic in a photograph and never on a face.
Why the stripes run in that order
Every piece from this house carries a grosgrain ribbon in three colours - red, white and blue. It is not ornament but the mark by which the house is known without a logo. On a frame it sits on the temple, seen by whoever sits beside you, not by you in the mirror.
