With a collection focused on sportswear with a couture flair, American designer Thom Browne returned to the Paris Haute Couture Week schedule with great fanfare. The collection, which presented a co-ed range of couture-level sportswear, centralized its pieces around the concept of couture as the ultimate Olympics of fashion with athleticism and competition at its core. Focusing on the use of natural, untreated muslin for the core fabric of the collection, Browne introduced new forms of classic tailoring with deconstructed yet delicately embellished details—with a finale that even welcomed modeling champion Anna Cleveland as the couture bride.

Before the models strutted their best on the catwalk, V was right there backstage amidst all the action as we tapped photographer Schohaja to shoot some of the best looks and uncover the details you may have missed.