Presented in partnership with Vogue’s dapper relative GQ as a warm-up event for this year’s Super Bowl, Browne’s GQ Bowl runway featured NFL stars Marcus Allen, Justin Jefferson, and DeAndre Hopkins. The Browne-clad crowd watching them walk was populated with cultural players including Teyana Taylor and Francois Arnaud. Given the circumstances, Browne could have delivered a gridiron-themed show that was all fireworks, pigskin, and cheerleaders. Instead, he took his audience to the gates of hell.
The show was held in San Francisco’s Legion of Honor on a runway overlooked by Rodin’s The Three Shades, a sculpture the artist had originally conceived as part of his rendering of Dante’s description of hell’s front door.
Dramatic!! (And also an amazing place for an event, honestly.) More fashion shows should involve the gates of hell. Either way: Loads here for Janelle Monae.
