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Mackenzie Thomas Steps From the Page to the Runway Line at SoHo Playhouse

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Group of diverse fashion models posing in elegant evening gowns on luxurious staircase indoors.
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Damson Madder is bringing its Fall 2026 collection to New York with a five-act live show at the SoHo Playhouse, and the British label has put Mackenzie Thomas at the center of it. Thomas — a writer, artist and performer by trade, not a professional model — will front both the campaign imagery and the stage presentation itself. It's a casting choice that treats a downtown multi-hyphenate as the face of the season rather than a runway regular, with the performance format doing double duty as show and spectacle. For a brand built on English eccentricity, the SoHo stage reads as a fitting place to make the introduction.

With reporting from WWD Fashion.

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