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On February 5, the day before the official start of New York Fashion Week Fall 2025, CFDA chairman and designer Thom Browne put out an open letter to fellow designers on the CFDA’s website and social accounts. He urged them to use their shows to “tell [their] stories in the truest form, … in [their] own ways, and nobody else’s,” and to “not be preoccupied by what’s next” or “how people perceive [them].”
At the same time, he encouraged designers to go bold: “Fall on the sword yourself and take a risk,” and “push ideas on far ends of the spectrum,” he said, adding, “We must remind the world why they should pay attention to these stories.”
Several designers Glossy spoke to during the week said fulfilling the request would mean business as usual. Others, however, pushed back, calling the advice bad for business.
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