THOM BROWNE - THE MAN WHO TAILORS DREAMS
© Reiner Holzemer Film
THOM BROWNE – THE MAN WHO TAILORS DREAMS
(Expected availability: 2025)
The portrait of Thom Browne, the American fashion designer who built up his career on the reintroduction of the conventional tailored grey suit, in new and unexpected proportions. The story of a man challenging the established notions of how men and women are expected to dress, of an extraordinary designer transcending the pure idea of creativity within fashion.
Thom Browne – The Man Who Tailors Dreams follows the American designer over the course of two years observing five collections and shows starting with the first one after Covid and ending with his first Haute Couture Show in May 2023 in Paris. The movie also looks back at the designer’s career which began with a shrunken grey suit that nobody liked except he himself. It focuses on his groundbreaking gender fluid collections as well as his appearance at the Met Gala. Today, he is one of the most influential and successful American designers.
Documentary (2024)
Director, Script, DOP: Reiner Holzemer
An Art+Vibes and Reiner Holzemer Film production
Language versions: English
Length: 95 min.
FESTIVALS
November 15, 2024
DOC NYC (World premiere)
United States
REVIEWS
PRESS
Eye for Film
November 21, 2024
Film review: Thom Browne – The Man Who Tailors Dreams
Reiner Holzemer’s captivating Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams (a highlight of the 15th edition of DOC NYC) presents the designer as a sartorial caster of spells who changed the proportions of one ubiquitous garment, the gray suit, and thus shifted persuasively ideas of masculinity, femininity, and power in a puckish way.
Variety
November 20, 2024
Designer Thom Browne talks humble L.A. beginnings, Hollywood Ambitions and His Prestige Doc "The Man Who Tailors Dreams"
Designer Thom Browne has long been admired as an American classic, but has more recently become a red carpet fixture and the object of obsession of Hollywood’s A-list.
WWD
November 16, 2024
A New Documentary Explores Designer Thom Browne's Life and Career
Titled “The Man Who Tailors Dream,” the 95-minute film explores how a middle-class kid from Allentown, Pa., created a shrunken gray suit that spawned a multimillion-dollar business and changed the menswear landscape.