Iphalethi ecishe ibe mhlophe qwa yenza iseyili ephoqelelayo ye-Browne's whimsy ezimpahleni zemidlalo eziphefumulelwe zamashumi amabili.
Ama-Olimpiki Ehlobo kungenzeka ukuthi ahlehlisiwe ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, kodwa hhayi emcabangweni kaThom Browne. Entwasahlobo, umthungi ohlanyayo wavumela ingqondo yakhe ukuba isebenze kabi ngetimu yama-Olympics, kuphela nge-twist ye-Lunar Games yango-2032.
Umpetha wohlelo olubukhoma lwe-runway, u-Browne ubeke isethulo sakhe ekwenzeni ifilimu esikhundleni salokho kule sizini.
Umphumela awuzange ufane nethiyetha, kusukela endleleni asebenzisa ngayo i-LA's 1923 Memorial Sports Coliseum njengendawo ebukekayo yokusakazwa kolimi lwakhe lwe-Lunar Games, kuya ekukhulumeni kwakhe okuhlakaniphile kwamalungu eKomidi le-Intergalactic aphawula njengamamodeli nama-Olympic omhlaba wangempela. abasubathi behla ngezitebhisi ezidumile zenkundla emcimbini wemfashini we-super Slow Mo u-Brown uwuthanda kakhulu. Kwakukhona ngisho nomzuzu kaHector!
“Ngangibukele ‘Izinqola Zomlilo’ futhi ngabambeka ngeminyaka yawo-1920s. . . . Ngaphinde ngabona isithombe sika-Suzanne Lenglen ongumpetha wethenisi waseFrance wamashumi amabili nambili egqoke amajezi akhe amangalisayo aneziketi neziketi ezinemicu.”
Thom Browne
Umklami uthe, wengeza ngokuthi ama-silhouette ezemidlalo, anemigqa emide azisize ngendlela athanda ngayo ukufiphalisa imigqa yobulili phakathi kwezingubo zakhe zabesilisa nabesifazane.
Umshicileli wama-Olympics u-Race Imboden, umsubathi u-Kendall Baisden, kanye nomtshuzi uSteele Johnson beza bezodlala eqoqweni, elilethe isiginesha yesandla sika-Browne ekuthungeni nasekugqokeni izingubo zemidlalo ngama-piqués kakotini aphaphathekile, ama-seersuckers oboya anezimbambo kanye nama-cashmeres alula.
Iphalethi elicishe libe mhlophe qwa lenze ukhanvasi ohehayo wokuthakazelisa kwakhe ezicucuni zendondo njenge-blazer yomugqa webhola lombhoxo ehunyushwe e-intarsia, ijazi lesaka eliqedwe ngababhukudi abafekethiswe ngesandla emigwaqweni edwetshwe ngokucophelela, ijazi lesaka elihlanganiswe ndawonye amaribhoni e-grosgrain ane iphetha ukundiza njengama-streamer, kanye nendida enhle ye-trompe l'oeil “ingubo yethenisi” ekhishwe ku-tweed yasehlobo, ukuluka ikhebula kanye nobuhlalu. Amahembe ama-polo amade, ama-cardigans, iziketi zebhulukwe ezicijile kanye nebhulukwe zikhomba indlela yendawo yonke evamile ye-COVID-19, ehambisana nezigqoko ze-quirky knit boter, izikhafu ezinjengethawula, namasokisi eqakala anezicathulo ze-nubuck.
Esikhundleni sokuya eParis, uBrowne nethimba lakhe babhekisa amabombo eNtshonalanga ukuyokwenza ifilimu ngaphandle e-Memorial Coliseum, esike yabamba ama-Olympics kabili, ngo-1932 nango-1984. UJuni noma uSepthemba bekuyimbobo kithi sonke,” kusho uBrowne, owayehlala eLos Angeles ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka engama-90, ngesikhathi eqala ukuthanda izingubo zamadoda ethenga ezitolo zakudala.
Noma belingekho ithuba lokutusa ukusebenza kwezandla kwezinga le-Olympics kuka-Browne mathupha ngefomethi yefilimu, ukukhanya okudumile kwe-L.A. kwenze umlingo wako kubuhlalu obucwebezelayo kanye nokwenza kube nomphumela omangalisayo.
Ekhuluma nge-LA, u-Browne ube nesikhathi esiningi sesikrini emiklomelweni ye-Emmy ngenyanga edlule lapho owawina i-"Schitt's Creek" uDaniel Levy ebuyisela isudi yakhe ye-kilt esigcawini somshado wohlelo olushisa izikhotha ngobusuku obukhulu kakhulu be-TV.
"Kumnandi ukuthi umuntu agqoke izingubo zakho futhi awine kakhulu!" kusho uBrowne. Kukhulunywa njengesimbangi sangempela.