Thom Browne closes NYFW with Edgar Allan Poe runway spectacle
NY Post
You can count on Thom Browne to craft a storybook spectacle evermore.
For his fall/winter 2024 season, the New York designer closed New York Fashion Week with a theatrical runway inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” the faux snow-laden catwalk set to a hair-raising reading of the macabre poem by actress Carrie Coon.
The spirit of Valentine’s Day made for a prickly juxtaposition of the stage’s ominous ambiance and Poe’s haunting tale of mourning, heartache and an encounter with a foreboding raven.
“It’s entertainment,” the Council of Fashion Designer of America chairman, known for his catwalk showmanship, told Vogue. “The last thing I want is for people to come to my show and say, ‘That was OK.’”
He added: “People’s experiences at shows are very personal to me.”
In front of a stacked front row consisting of Queen Latifah, Janet Jackson and Anna Wintour, the first model emerged from an entryway fashioned like a broken window donning a top hat adorned with a glittering black raven appearing in flight, a tuxedo-inspired vest and a quilted overcoat.
