RUNWAY: Thom Browne FW16

Thirteen main outfits was what Thom Browne created. Though the collection showcased over 30, they were variations of the thirteen. The different versions came in pristine elegance and devolved, or evolved, into tattered iterations. This season, Browne's timing is touch and go, after an ill-timed collection of masked marauders for Moncler, Browne's take on pre- and post-Depression Era dressing is completely in tune with the corroding financial stability of the world economy. Billions of dollars have dissipated in mere days and this collection's narrative on the rich and wealthy lavishing in their fur trimmed wears and then wearing threadbare clothes is quite poignant.