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Back for its second season, Refinery29's original video series The Countdown is heading back behind the scenes and into the studios of five of fashion's most talked about indie designers to reveal all the true stories, stress, and high-style it takes to get to New York Fashion Week. Up first: Thom Browne. Music by The Virgins and Metronomy.
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00:12I'm Tom Brown. We're getting ready for New York Fashion Week. For me, this is the reason why I do
00:17what I do. I love putting the shows together. I guess it's the actor inside of me loving to entertain,
00:22seeing people smile and just being entertained by what I do.
00:36I can give you a very vague idea on what the theme of the collection is, but I don't want
00:42to give away too much. It's based loosely on a circus probably like you've never seen. I think one of
00:47the most provocative collections that I've ever done.
00:55The collection is really conceived in one way, and then the idea of the show, sometimes it just pulls the
01:02collection together. And that's why the entertainment value of the show is so important. I don't get nervous. I mean,
01:08I get excited.
01:16Of course, we're going up to Exit Art, which is the space that actually we've been showing in for the
01:21past four collections, I think. And for me, it's nice because it's so comfortable and it's a perfect space for
01:27how I like to present my shows.
01:28Well, actually, this is probably going to be the most challenging one, so it's good to have a challenge.
01:35It's going to be very interesting on how we choreograph the actual show because there's some things in the show
01:44that will take some very multi-talented models.
02:07And this is the team, actually, that we've worked with for the past four seasons. Good to see you. John,
02:13it's good to see you.
02:14John, it's good to see you. Good to see you. How are you? Good to see you. This is an
02:17easy one.
02:18Yeah. He's like, yeah, right.
02:21All of these, like, type of curtains, I would love them to be green-white stripe if possible.
02:26How wide of stripes would you want?
02:28I feel like I approach my shows as true entertainment.
02:32I think equally as important as the clothing is in giving everyone that comes to your show an experience that
02:39they remember.
02:40If you watch the video of the show, you're going to see people's heads go like this.
02:44You know, kind of like The Wizard of Oz, how it, you know, boom, and then you see it, and
02:49then boom, they're gone.
02:50So the opening will be right here.
02:52Yep, right here. Right here.
02:53Right here.
02:54For me, it actually, it's so nice to be able to close the door on that collection by doing this.
02:59Making sure that people are entertained and provoked, and they're not just seeing a collection of clothing.
03:03They're seeing a whole world that has been in my head for six months.
03:07A lovely way with words must be the way you see the world.
03:10It's just the way you see the world.
03:18We walk around home, pretending.
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