--- description: Find out why Thom Browne is one of the 100 most influential people of 2023. title: Thom Browne: The 100 Most Influential People of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5d02a595fe6b2bc/698a3bd5b21a9c334d50724a/Thom-Browne-time100-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 13, 2023 # Thom Browne by Amy Sherald  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 12: Designer Thom Browne demonstrates the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne Edition in a groundbreaking foldable smartphone experience with sartorial style during New York Fashion Week. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Samsung Electronics America) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 12: Designer Thom Browne demonstrates the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne Edition in a groundbreaking foldable smartphone experience with sartorial style during New York Fashion Week. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Samsung Electronics America)Ilya S. Savenok— Samsung Electronics America/Getty Images [Thom Browne](https://style.time.com/2013/01/22/fashion-for-the-first-lady-and-more-thom-brownes-remarkable-designs/ "undefined") is a creator of worlds. He is constantly shifting the lens on menswear and womenswear. He re-envisions the fashion lexicon through his designs, proportions, and storytelling even within the parameters of his classic gray uniform. As a painter, I am drawn to Thom’s imagination, analogies, and metaphors. He pulls you directly into a fantastical and magically real place that can simultaneously be read within and transcend a historical context. Now chairman of the [Council of Fashion Designers of America](https://time.com/5889196/cfda-awards-2020/ "undefined"), he continues to upend fashion conventions with thoughtfulness about every detail. Thom’s designs bring us into his unique creative space and show us that we belong. His ideas about what clothing can be are expansive. They carry us into the realm of self-costuming, self-fashioning, and self-experimentation. His work inspires us to recognize the endless possibilities of play in daily life, in how we represent ourselves through style and beyond. _Sherald is a painter best known for her portraits_ Thom Browne Is on the 2023 TIME 100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6270020/thom-browne/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6270020/thom-browne/"},"headline":"Thom Browne","datePublished":"2023-04-13T10:32:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:03.532Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6270020/thom-browne/","keywords":["TIME 100","franchise","sponsorshipblock","TIME100 2023","T100Pioneers2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5d02a595fe6b2bc/698a3bd5b21a9c334d50724a/Thom-Browne-time100-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5d02a595fe6b2bc/698a3bd5b21a9c334d50724a/Thom-Browne-time100-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6270020/thom-browne/","name":"Thom Browne"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME100 | The 100 Most Influential People of 2023","description":"See all the people on Time's 2023 Time 100 list","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/P6RIsapV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-04-13T10:30:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/P6RIsapV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6270020/thom-browne/","duration":"PT1M53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6270020/thom-browne/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```