Thom Browne, I'm terribly sorry, but, excuse me?

Thom Browne may be the new sweetheart of the men's clothing industry but he does not win my heart. I'm not sure if it's the middle class mid 50s accountant, can't afford to buy new trousers so I'll just wear them short, aesthetic that he goes for. Or that fact that this collection for Spring 2007 is just plain horrendous.

It's one thing to wear a bee keepers mask if you keep bees, but to wear one as above and below matched with a classic boater, a tail coat with a train and American Apparel knee-high tube socks, that's completely out of the question. Perhaps dear Thom is trying too hard. Mixing too many elements of classical dress in one encompassing collection. I can see where he is going, I will give him that, but sometimes too much is really too much.


This jacket below, pushes it too far. Drag queens would be hard pressed to wear this outfit, and that's saying something. Now I am of course, all for dressing appropriately, harking back to a bygone era of formal dress, greater style and simply better cut clothing, but that does not mean you have to look like a young boy playing dress up in your fathers finery in the mid 50s. It just still doesn't gel for me. Not quite yet dear Thom Browne.