Anna Delvey turns heads on New York Fashion Week runway with ankle monitor

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12-02-2025

Anna Delvey turns heads on New York Fashion Week runway with ankle monitor
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Anna Delvey struts down the runway in an ankle monitor during NYFW
Anna Delvey walked the runway during New York Fashion Week at the One Night in Bangkok fashion showcase, with her ankle monitor.
NEW YORK — Anna Delvey is back in the spotlight.
Delvey hit the runway not once, but four times, at the One Night in Bangkok fashion showcase during New York Fashion Week Tuesday night, ankle monitor and all.
The convicted scammer and one time DWTS contestant, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, received cheers from the crowd each time she stepped out, including louder hoots and hollers during the finale.
"Yes, baddie!" one guest shouted out during Delvey's final walk down the runway.
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The showcase highlighted Thai brands Matter Makers, Merge, Vickteerut and Vinn Patararin, with smaller collections from each making their way down the runway and Delvey, 34, modeling designs for all the brands. While she modeled third in the lineup for the first brand, Delvey was the last to step out onto the runway for each of the other three designers.
Delvey was accused of scheming to finance a lavish lifestyle and her personal business plans, stealing $275,000 from hotels, banks and lavish New Yorkers. She was convicted in 2019 of grand larceny, and served a little more than three years of her four- to 12-year prison sentence.
"Our focus has always been on streetwear and we loved working in New York, plus the models are so cool here," the design team for Matter Makers said in a statement.
Delvey was spotted earlier in the week at the Christian Cowan show, alongside singers Sam Smith and Kesha. And she modeled on the runway days prior at the Elena Velez show.
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Delvey's fashion week entrée is not her first: Following her release from prison, she hosted a fashion show on the roof of her New York City apartment building in September 2023 while she was on house arrest for the fashion label Shao. She's been spotted out and about at fashion week events in the year since, and walked in Shao's show this past September.
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Delvey's runway return comes after her short-lived stint on "Dancing with the Stars" in September. Her casting on the ballroom competition reality show received backlash from the start, and her debut dance, a so-so cha-cha dance complete with her bedazzled monitoring anklet, was panned by viewers.
"I was very nervous going into my first dance, but I think I did well under the circumstances. The room went silent. It was clear I wasn't a fan favorite — yet. But I'm going to keep working at it. And I hope I can win people over with my work effort and perseverance. I'm not giving up," Delvey told USA TODAY in an emailed statement at the time.
She didn't get the chance to keep "working at it" for much longer: Delvey was eliminated from the dance competition a week into the season, after performing a quickstep with partner Ezra Sosa. Asked by host Julianne Hough what she took from her time on the show, Delvey was curt: "Nothing."
Contributing: Jay Stahl