Anna Delvey made a style assertion by sporting her ankle monitor on the runway! On February 9, she was captured strutting down the New York Style Week runway in a video shared on X (previously Twitter) as she opened the Elena Velez present.
Delvey was seen carrying the model’s brown leather-based pencil skirt costume with ruffled shoulder detailing, finishing her look with a trendy updo and nude pumps. Nonetheless, it was her ankle monitor that caught folks’s consideration.
In 2019, the convicted con artist was discovered responsible of 12 prices, together with tried first-degree grand larceny. She posed as a rich heiress to rip-off a number of socialites and was sentenced to 12 years in state jail. She was additionally fined a whopping $24,000 and ordered to pay roughly $199,000 in restitution.
In October 2022, she was granted launch from an ICE facility, as reported by Bloomberg. In line with the Every day Mail, Delvey was ordered to stay below home arrest within the East Village in New York Metropolis as of February 2024.
Since she was accredited to be a part of Dancing With the Stars Season 33, she was given an ankle monitor to allow authorities to maintain observe of her whereabouts. Delvey has since turned this authorized obligation into her signature fashion.
She was eradicated from the dance actuality present in September 2024 and went on to make a number of runway appearances throughout NYC Style Week whereas sporting the weird accent. Chatting with Folks journal on the time, Delvey revealed that designers tried to “make the ankle bracelet the centerpiece” of each outfit she wore.
Delvey, who turned extensively recognized in popular culture following the discharge of Netflix’s true-crime miniseries Inventing Anna, instructed the outlet that she has been attempting to modify to a “much less” noticeable ankle monitor.
She additionally known as out the media’s selection of phrases, reminiscent of “flaunting” or “sporting,” when referring to the accent, emphasizing that it’s merely an obligation. “I’m not holding onto it by any means. I can’t assist it,” she mentioned.