Thom Browne Wants You to Wear Crop Tops Next Fall

The blending of the traditional and the ridiculous has been the cornerstone of Thom Browne's oeuvre since he launched his ready-to-wear line in 2004. Each season, he takes the classic suit--a throwback to the slick Mad Men era long before the TV show revived the aesthetic--and deconstructs and re-jiggers it with a hatful of fantastical and ludicrous points of reference. This makes for an entirely laughable and enjoyable runway show--if not for the most commercial of collections. This season saw Browne promotes the businessman-meets-sex-dungeon look...something that may not be accessible to everyone who works on Wall Street, but a hoot nonetheless. Sprinkled in with the studded face masks and hulking football-like shoulder pads were the heavy use of tummy-bearing crop tops. Brown has certainly promoted typically feminine apparel before (tutus and long skirts have made appearances in his shows before), but crop tops in fall!? Zut alors.

Photo courtesy of The Fashionisto.