New York Fashion Week: who’s Brandon Maxwell, who counts Ashley Graham, Karlie Kloss and Nicky Hilton Rothschild as his biggest fans?

Feb 13, 2019

From left, Ashley Graham, Karlie Kloss and Nicky Hilton Rothschild attend Brandon Maxwell autumn/winter show at New York Fashion Week on Saturday. Photo: Invision/AP

Designer and ‘Project Runway’ judge pays tribute to strong women such as Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga at his autumn/winter show

Dedicates his autumn/winter show to his mum, Pam Woolley, who was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago

Tears flowed at Brandon Maxwell’s New York Fashion Week show when his mum accompanied him on the runway for his bow.

Designer Brandon Maxwell kisses his mum on the runway after his autumn/winter 2019 show. Photo: Jonas Gustavsson, MCV / The Washington Post

Pam Woolley has had a rough go of it lately. She was diagnosed with breast cancer after her son’s show last season. This time he dedicated the show to her and strong women everywhere.

“It really is sort of the physical manifestation of, I think, the strength that I saw her display over the past few months,” Maxwell told Associated Press.

The clothes embodied the polished elegance he is known for, and a simplicity he needed in his life.

Maxwell is coming out of a busy time. He is a judge on the revived Project Runway in addition to a busy designer who has dressed Lady Gaga and Meghan Markle. His desire now is to “strip everything back”.