Up-and-coming fashion publicist Anna Delvey is scheduled to make her first-ever “fashion court appearance” later this week, Page Six has learned.
As we first reported, this adorable scam artist launched fashion PR consulting firm OutLaw Agency last year with industry legend Kelly Cutrone.
The first event was a much-talked-about Fashion Week show for suit atelier SHAO New York, which the agency held on the rooftop of “fake heiress” Delvey’s East Village apartment (where she was under house arrest at the time). .
Now, OutLaw’s second event is an immigration hearing in a New York courtroom, which will reportedly double as (like it or not) a press preview for SHAO New York’s new release.
Outlaw told Page Six on Wednesday that Delvey is scheduled to appear for a hearing on his $10,000 bail, whether a court-ordered ban on social media will be lifted, and the terms of his house arrest. Announced. Wearing a custom SHAO New York black oversized twill suit with a high-waisted pencil skirt and high slit, she teamed it with a white cotton button-down shirt with built-in shoulder pads and a silk velvet bow tie. ” This look sketch also includes her trademark ankle monitor.
At a time when designers are finding it harder than ever to get attention for their products, the OutLaw team can use the attention from her court appearance to gain press for their clients. (That’s what fashion PR consultants do, after all).
During her 2019 trial for defrauding hotels, banks, other businesses and individuals out of tens of thousands of dollars while posing as a German artist, Delvey’s courtroom fashion made almost as many headlines as her crimes. Ta. Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin) hires a stylist to appear in court in a chic outfit, but when the designer bastards don’t arrive at her cell in time, she has to attend her own hearing. He sometimes refused to attend.
Delvey and designer Xiao Yan were heard to have put together this week’s bold looks as a comment on the expectation that defendants should dress modestly in front of judges.
“Why are we women asked to dress a certain way when we enter a courtroom, boardroom, or dinner party? Why do others judge our innocence based on what we wear? Are we going to try to control the level?” said Cutrone, co-founder of Outlaw Agency. “This is the most subtle and interesting form of discrimination, and we are here to change it. We respect the legal system and they should respect the fashion system.”
Delvey was found guilty of attempted grand larceny, second-degree larceny, and theft of services and sentenced to four to 12 years in prison.
She served two years in prison and was returned to ICE custody in 2022. Since then, she has been fighting to remain in the United States rather than face deportation to Germany.
